Marjan Salahshouri Wins Iran’s 17th Gold Medal at AIMAG
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Marjan Salahshouri claimed Iran’s only gold medal on Day 7 of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) on ّFriday.
Salahshouri won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Poomsae. It was Iran’s 17th gold medal in the competition underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Hassan Taftian in the Men’s 60m, Ju-jitsu fighter Masoud Jalilvand, Men's Team Sprint and taekwondo fighters Mahdi Eshaghi (Men’s -54kg), Mahdi Jalali (Men’s -74kg), Soroush Ahmadi (Men's -63kg), Saeid Rajabi (Men's -87kg), Erfan Nazemi (Men's -80kg) and Parisa Javadi Kouchaksaraei (Women's -62kg), Behzad Vahdani (Kurash Men's -60kg), Ahmad Mirzapour (Men's Pahlavani +90kg), Mohammad Naderi (Men's Pahlavani -70kg), Arash Mohebi (Men's Pahlavani -90kg) and Muaythai fighters Ali Zarinfar (Men's -60kg), Keivan Soleymani (Men's -75kg) and Majid Hashembeigi (Men's -81kg) had already won 16 gold medals in the event.
The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games kicked off in Turkmenistan’s capital last Saturday.
More than 6,000 athletes and team officials are representing 65 countries in the games.
