Asian Shooting Championships:
Iranians finish with 17 medals
Iranian men and women collected 17 medals across different age-group competitions at the Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Former Olympic champion Javad Foroughi bagged his fourth medal at the seniors’ event on Friday, settling for the bronze in the men’s 25m center fire pistol contest with 579 points, with Indian Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu (583pts) and South Korea’s Lee Jae-kyoon (580) grabbing the gold and silver medals.
Foroughi then teamed up with Amir Joharikhou and Vahid Golkhandan to win the bronze in the team category, finishing behind India and Vietnam.
This was the Iranian trio’s third medal in the men’s team competitions, following a gold-winning campaign in the 50m pistol contest, and a bronze in the 10m discipline.
Foroughi and Joharikhou also completed an all-Iranian one-two in the individual 50m pistol event as Iran finished with double golds, one silver, and five bronze medals in the seniors’ competitions.
There was further glory for the country in the youth class, as Mohammadreza Ahmadi, Amirhossein Gohari, and Mohammad-Mahdi Choobin teamed up to win the men’s 10m air pistol gold.
Ahmadi also picked up the individual bronze of the discipline, and combined with Parimah Amiri for a silver medal in the mixed event.
Amiri was also part of the Iranian silver-winning trio – alongside Donya Arshadnia and Tara Abbaszadeh – in the women’s 10m air pistol contest and then won the individual bronze.
Mohammad-Mahdi Tahmasbi (men’s 10m air pistol), Nazanin-Zahra Abdollahi (women’s 10m air pistol), and Shayan Foroudi (men’s trap) were the other Iranian silver winners as the country bagged nine medals in the youth competitions.