Asian Youth Games:
Iranians collect six poomsae medals
Iranians grabbed six poomsae medals, including triple golds, at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain.
Zeinab Shahriari defeated Filipino Kristen Aguila in the final showpiece to capture the gold in the girls’ individual recognized poomsae event, and then teamed up with Behdad Naqiei for the ultimate prize in the mixed pair event.
Naqiei also enjoyed a double gold-winning campaign in the Games, claiming the boys’ individual prize, thanks to a final victory over Gao Zixuan of China.
In the freestyle poomsae contests, Mohammad-Amin Habibzadeh and Sana Shaygan settled for bronze medals in the boys’ and girls’ events respectively, and also finished third in the mixed pair category.
Thursday’s medals took Iran’s haul to 14 medals in Bahrain.
The Iranian boys’ and girls’ kabaddi teams suffered final defeats against India in the two finals, while Mehrab Mokarrami (-83kg) and Yousef Baghchiqi (-65kg) also finished with a silver in the boys’ kurash competition.
Setayesh Jalaloddin (-52kg) and Mahsa Barzegar (-70kg) added two girls’ kurash bronzes to the country’s medal count, with Kamand Karamzad (mixed martial arts, girls’ -50kg) and Alireza Mortazi (pencak silat, boys’ 59kg-63kg) also among the bronze medalists.
The third edition of the multi-sport event will continue until Friday.