Asian Canoe Sprint Championships:
Iran wins men’s K2 500m gold, finishes with five medals
Iran’s Ali Aqamirzaei and Payman Qavidel teamed up for the men’s K2 500m gold on the final day of the Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Nanchang, China.
The Iranian duo clocked 1:47.647 minutes to beat the Japanese pair to the ultimate prize on Saturday, with China’s Bu Tingkai Wang Congkang, who won the gold medal of the event at the Asian Games two years ago, settling for the bronze.
This was Aqamirzaei’s third medal in Nanchang,
The Iranian had finished runner-up to the host’s Zhang Dong – also a gold winner in the Asian Games – in the in the men’s K1 1000m final on the preceding day, and then went on to win the bronze in the K1 500m contest.
Represented by seven athletes, including three women, across the three-day event, the Iranian team finished its campaign.
Mohammad-Nabi Mirzaei won a silver medal in the men’s C1 1000m category after finishing the final race in 4:19.026 minutes, while Tania Kargarpour took the bronze in the women’s K1 1000m final with a time of 4:29.992 minutes.