Asian Gymnastics Championships:
Olfati wins vault bronze
Iran’s Mahdi Olfati won the bronze medal in the men’s senior vault event at the AGU Asian Championships in Zunyi, China.
Olfati, who made history last year by winning Iran’s maiden gold medal at the championships, scored 14.8 points with his first vault in Sunday’s final before posting 13.8 with his second to finish third with an average score of 14.3.
Japan’s Wataru Tanigawa won gold in the discipline, while South Korea’s Im Jae-ho settled for silver.
Olfati’s medal came a day after fellow Iranian Mahdi Ahmadkohani also claimed bronze in the men’s rings event.
A two-time silver medalist in the 2023 FIG World Cup series, Ahmadkohani scored 14.1 points in the final, marking his return to the international stage after serving a two-year suspension for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.
China’s Yang Haonan and Zhang Boheng, who were also part of the country’s gold medal-winning team in the all-around competition, took gold and silver respectively in the rings event.
The two bronze medals saw Iran finish seventh in the medal table. China edged Japan to the top of the standings, with the number of silver medals (seven to four) separating the two nations after both collected six gold medals.