Iranian archers win four medals in Asian Youth Championship
Iranians won a silver as well as three bronze medals at the inaugural edition of the Asian Youth Archery Championships in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei.
The Iranian trio of Amirreza Azizi, Ehsan Sha’bani Bahar, and Abolfazl Soltaninejad settled for a runner-up finish in the boys’ junior compound team event after a 221-208 loss to India in the final.
In the cadet age category, Mahdi Asheqzadeh, Farhang Khodaparast, and Moein Karimi won the boys’ compound bronze, courtesy of a 215-204 win against South Korea.
Khodaparast won his second bronze when he teamed up with Ronia Razavi to edge out the South Korean duo 152-151 in the mixed team event.
Iranians Faez Mohammadi and Maryam Mousavi bounced back from a last-four defeat against South Korea to beat India 5-4 in the third-place matchup of the cadet recurve mixed team contests.
Monday’s medals came after Mohammad-Hossein Golshani had opened the account for Iran on the preceding day with a bronze medal in the men’s under-21 recurve contest.
Golshani came out on top against opponents from Hong Kong (6-2), Vietnam (7-1), and Kazakhstan (6-5), before a 7-1 loss to a Bangladeshi archer sent him into the third-place encounter against another Kazakhstani athlete, whom the Iranian defeated 7-1 to finish his campaign with a bronze.