Riyadh 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games:
Iranians bag four muaythai silvers
On the seventh day of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Iranians collected four silver medals in muaythai on Friday.
A third silver medal for Iranian women came in the 60-65kg category, where Fatemeh Hosseinkhani fell 30-27 to Türkiye’s Bediha Tacyildiz Sahin in the final.
In the men’s competition, Iran’s Majid Hashembeigi missed out on victory in his last international outing, suffering a 30-26 setback against Iraq’s Mustafa Al-Tekreeti in the 75-80kg final.
Elsewhere in the Games on Thursday, the Iranian men’s handball team got off to a losing start, as Rafael Guijosa’s side was beaten 39-23 by Asian powerhouse Qatar in Group A.
Ahmad Madadi and Abdulrazzaq Murad topped the scoring chart for Qatar with six goals apiece, while Reza Shojaei also scored six times for Iran.
Iran will resume action against the Maldives today, before taking on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.
In the women’s division, however, Iran bounced back from a first-day defeat against Türkiye to beat Guinea 23-21 in Group A on Saturday, securing a place in the semifinals.