Iran’s Recurve Women Team Wins Gold at 3rd ISSF Int'l Solidarity Archery
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s recurve women team won a gold medal at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) International Solidarity World Ranking Archery Championships on Tuesday.
The Iranian team consists of Niloofar Alipour, Parmida Ghassemi and Shiva Shoja Mehr defeated India 5-3 in the final match at the Shaheed Ahsanullah Master Stadium in Tongi, Bangladesh.
Iran’s recurve mixed team lost to India 6-0 in the final match and won the silver.
Shiva Shoja Mehr also took a silver at women recurve after losing to Bangladesh’s archer Diya Siddique 6-4 in the final match.
Some 148 archers from 26 countries across the world participated in the four-day tournament, being organized under the auspices of Bangladesh Archery Federation.
The events are men’s team, women’s team, men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles of the Recurve and Compound divisions.