[93585] Achievements for Iranian sports: Karate team is Asian vice-champion, medals in gymnastics

Iranian success on the mat and on the gymnastics apparatus

The Iranian karate team finished the 22nd Asian Championship held in Bali, Indonesia, with the title of Asian vice-champion. According to the report in ورزش سه, the delegation returned with a tally of 9 medals: 3 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze.

Karate achievements

The highlight was the Iranian women's team winning the gold medal in the team kumite competition. As reported in آخرین خبر and آخرین خبر خوزستان, the team defeated opponents from Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam on its way to gold, and finally defeated Japan in the final. In the men's competition, brothers Morteza and Mahmoud Nemati won individual gold medals in their respective weight categories, where according to آخرین خبر reports, Morteza defeated his opponent from Kazakhstan with a score of 3:2, and Mahmoud overcame his opponent from Saudi Arabia with a score of 4:0.

The men's team kumite squad settled for the silver medal after a loss in the final to Jordan, which sealed the team's overall ranking in second place behind Japan, according to آخرین خبر ورزشی.

Gymnastics achievements

At the same time, in the artistic gymnastics discipline at the Asian Championships in China, athlete Mahdi Olfati recorded a bronze medal in the vault exercise, after performing his routine with a total score of 14.1 points. According to خبرگزاری ایرنا, this achievement joins another bronze medal won by Mahdi Ahmad Kohani in the rings exercise the previous day, as published in آخرین خبر ورزشی.