WSPS World Cup:
Ahmadi, Mirshafiei take silver in mixed air pistol
Iran’s Ahmadi and Mohammadreza Mirshafiei settled for silver in the P6 – mixed team 10m air pistol SH1 event at the at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
The Iranian duo topped the qualification to book a place in Sunday’s final before suffering a 17-9 loss to India’s Shrishti Arora and Rudransh Khandelwal.
Nasrin Shahi – who won gold in the women’s 10m air pistol on Thursday – and Mostafa Khadem were the other Iranian pair in the category but missed out on the podium following a 17-13 setback against Kazakhstan’s Sevda Aliyeva and Nikita Yermakov in the bronze-medal match.
Sunday’s mixed silver marked the second medal for both Ahmadi and Mirshafiei in Al Ain.
Ahmadi had picked up a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol discipline on Thursday while Mirshafiei teamed up with Shahi and Khadem to grab the gold in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 contest – thanks to a combined 424-point tally in the final.