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Asian Junior Wushu Championships:
Iranians steal the show with seven sanda golds
Ehsan Gohari (45kg) and Reza Khankeshi (56kg), Amirhesam Mohammadi (60kg), Ali Rezaei (65kg), and Amirreza Karimi (80kg) bagged five gold medals in the men’s event, while Amirmahdi Shirdel settled for a silver in the 75kg after a setback against his Chinese opponent in the final showpiece.
Yekta Adibi (52kg) and Rezvan Mouchani (60kg), meanwhile, walked away with the ultimate prize of their respective classes in the women’s competitions.
There was further glory for the country in the taolu contests on Tuesday.
Saba Ramian tallied 9.226 points to grab the gold in the girls’ cadet nandao form – a second medal for the Iranian girl after a first-day bronze – while Ramtin Siahmoshtei settled for the bronze of the same form in the boys contests, taking his personal tally to three medals in Jiangyin.
Iranian boys Mohammad-Parsa Madadi and Younes Khodaei, meanwhile, teamed up to win a silver medal in the duilian competition.