Asian Shooting Championships:
Iranian duo wins mixed team bronze in youth event
Nazaninzahra Abodollahi and Mohammad-Mahdi Tahmasbi won a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team contests at the Asian Shooting Championships, adding an 11th medal to Iran’s haul in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Representing the country in the youth division, the Iranian duo came out on top (16-4) against Uzbekistan’s Milena Khakimova and Muhammadjon Anvarov to share the third podium with the Kyrgyz Republic’s Zhibek Bektashova and Abdurazzak Muratov – a second youth medal for Abdollahi in Shymkent following her silver-winning campaign in the women’s 10m air rifle event.
Indian pair of Ansh Dabas and Ameerah Arshad beat South Korea’s Kim Minseo and Shin Sungwoo 16-12 in the final showpiece.
This was Iran’s eighth medal at the youth contests.
A sole youth gold medal for the country came in the men’s 10m air pistol event, where Mohammadreza Ahmadi, Hossein Gohari, and Mohammad-Mahdi Choobin teamed up to score 1721 points and beat India (1716pts) and South Korea (1699pts) to the top spot.
Meanwhile, Iranian girls Parimah Amiri, Donya Arshadnia, and Tara Abbaszadeh won a youth silver medal, scoring 1676 points for a runner-up finish behind India (1701) in the women’s 10m air pistol event.
Amiri also claimed the individual bronze of the category with 214.1 points.
Iranian shooters have also collected three bronze medals in the senior competitions.
Vahid Golkhandan, Amir Joharikhou, and former Olympic champion Javad Forouqi scored 1733 points for a third-place finish in the men’s 10m air pistol team event, while Joharikhou bagged a bronze in the individual competitions.
Golkhandan then went on to team up with Hanieh Rostamian for a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed contest.
The 16th edition of the Asian Championships will continue at the Shymkent Shooting Plaza until Saturday.