Iran’s Pakbaz Bags Silver at IPC Athletics World Championships


TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Saman Pakbaz of Iran won a silver medal in the men’s shot put F12 at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Ukraine’s Roman Danyliuk won a gold medal with a winning throw of 16.64m in his final attempt – adding two centimeters on to the previous record that had stood since 2004.

Pakbaz claimed silver medal with 15.19m and bronze medal went to Spain’s Kim Lopez Gonzalez (15.03m).

Also, Iran’s Mohsen Kaedi won the bronze medal in the men’s javelin F34 with 32.26m.

China’s Yanzhang Wang claimed the gold medal, throwing 38.05m.

Colombia’s Mauricio Valencia snatched the silver with 34.38m.