Iran’s Ehsani Seizes Silver at Paralympics Shot Put
RIO (Tasnim) – Javid Ehsani Shakib from Iran claimed a silver medal in the men’s Shot Put F57 event.
The Iranian athlete won the bronze with a 14.13m throw.
China’s Guoshan Wu won the gold with a throw of 14.42m, followed by Janusz Rokicki of Poland getting silver with 14.26 m.
Iran has participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 111 athletes in 12 sports.
The Iranian delegation finished in 11th place in the previous edition, winning 10 gold medals, seven silvers and seven bronze medals.
