Asian Shooting Championships:
Iran wins air pistol team gold in men’s youth contests
Iranian boys Mohammadreza Ahmadi, Amirhossein Gohari, and Mohammad-Mahdi Choobin teamed up for a youth team gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Monday.
The Iranian trio scored 1721 points to beat India (1716pts) and South Korea (1699) to the ultimate prize in the men’s 10m air pistol contests.
There was further joy for Ahmadi, who bagged the individual bronze in the same class thanks to a 217-point performance in the final, with Indian duo Girish Gupta (241.3) and Dev Pratap (238.6) grabbing the gold and silver medals respectively.
On Tuesday, Iranian girls Parimah Amiri, Donya Arshadnia, and Tara Abbaszadeh won a youth silver medal in Shymkent, scoring 1676 points for a runner-up finish behind India (1701) in the women’s 10m air pistol event, with the host team taking the bronze with 1658 points.
Iran had won a couple of bronzes in the men’s 10m air pistol team event earlier in the competitions.
Amir Joharikhou, Vahid Golkhandan, and former Olympic champion Javad Forouqi scored 1733 points for a third-place finish in the team final, while Joharikhou also bagged a bronze in the individual competitions.
Three-time world bronze medalist Hanieh Rostamian, meanwhile, missed out on the podium in the women’s 10m air pistol final on Tuesday.
The Iranian scored 199.9 points to finish fourth, standing behind Chinse gold medalist Ma Qianke (243.2pts), South Korean Olympic champion Yang Ji-in (241.6), and Indian shooter Manu Bhaker (219.7), who won double bronze medals at the Paris Olympics last year.
The 16th edition of the Asian Championships will continue across three age classes at the Shymkent Shooting Plaza until August 30.