Mahdi Aliyari Bags 14th Gold Medal for Iran in Asiad


Mahdi Aliyari Bags 14th Gold Medal for Iran in Asiad

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Greco-Roman wrestler Mahdi Aliyari clinched Iran’s 14th gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games underway in Incheon, South Korea.

Aliyari defeated Di Xiao from China 8-0 in the men’s 98 kg at the Dowon Gymnasium.

Iranian athletes had already won 13 gold medals in the games.

Najmeh Khedmati won Iran’s first gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle.

Wushu exponent Mohsen Mohammadseifi also seized a gold medal.

Mohsen Shadi Naghadeh won a gold medal at the men's single sculls race of the rowing.

Mohammad Daneshvar claimed a gold medal in the men's Keirin final.

Super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi snatched a gold medal.

Archer Esmaeil Ebadi won the gold medal of the compound men's individual.

Reza Yazdani claimed a gold medal in the men's freestyle 97kg.

Masoud Esmaeilpour bagged a gold medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg.

Meisam Mostafa Joukar claimed a gold medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg.

Parviz Hadi won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg.

Masoud Hajizavareh seized the gold medal in the men -74 kg taekwondo.

Ehsan Hadadai bagged gold medal in the men’s discus throw.

And Habibollah Akhlaghi won the gold medal in the men’s Greco-Roman 80 kg.

Some 9,500 athletes from 45 countries are competing at the Games, the world's second-biggest multi-sport event after the summer Olympics, with 439 gold medals in 36 sports up for grabs.

Iran has participated in the games with 276 athletes in 22 sports.

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