25th Summer Deaflympics:
Ghaffari, Samiei team up for shooting bronze
Iranian shooters Mahla Samiei and Bijan Ghaffari teamed up to claim an impressive bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed pair event at the Tokyo Summer Deaflympics on Wednesday.
Having finished fourth in the qualifying round with 561.16 points, the Iranian duo defeated Ukraine’s Sofiia Olenych and Oleksandr Kolodil 17-9 in the third-place matchup.
Indian pair Pranjali Prashant Dhumal and Abhinav Deshwal won the gold, thanks to 16-6 victory over Kao Ya-Ju and Hsu Ming-Jui of the Chinese Taipei in the final showdown.
Wednesday’s medal marked a second bronze for Samiei in Tokyo, after the Iranian girl had tallied 215.5 points to finish behind India’s Anuya Prasad, who set a new world record with 241.1 points, and Dhumal (236.8 points) in the women’s division of the discipline on Tuesday.
Iran has collected six bronze medals after five days of competition at the multi-sport event.
Ali Salahshour, Hossein Allahkarimi, and Masoud Rastegar secured a third-place finish in the men’s judo team event, thanks to a 2-0 victory over Türkiye on Tuesday, having also finished with a bronze in their respective weight classes.