Asian Canoe Sprint Championships:
Iranians collect double silver medals
Iranians won three medals, including a couple of silvers, on Day 2 of the Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Nanchang, China.
Representing the country in the men’s K1 1000m event, Ali Aqamirzaei clocked 3:49.947 minutes in the final to settle for a runner-up finish behind the host’s Zhang Dong – a gold medalist at the Asian Games on home soil two years ago.
Mohammad-Nabi Mirzaei also finished his men’s C1 1000m campaign with a silver medal after finishing the final race in 4:19.026 minutes.
In the women’s competitions, Tania Kargarpour took the bronze in the K1 1000m event with 4:29.992 minutes in the final.
Meanwhile, the Iranian quadruple of Aqamirzaei, Kargarpour, Elnaz Shafieian, and Payman Qavidel missed out on the podium in the mixed K4 1000m event, clocking 1:35.729 minutes to finish fourth behind China, Japan, and Kazakhstan.