Nemati, Javanmardi among Asian Women to Watch at Paralympics 2020
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Para athletes Zahra Nemati and Sareh Javanmardi are among Asian women to watch out for the 2020 Paralympic Games.
Zahra Nemati – Para Archery
Arguably the most popular and successful female Paralympian to come from Iran, Nemati is aiming for a historic third Paralympic title in women’s individual recurve open at Tokyo 2020, asianparalympic.org reported.
No archer has won three consecutive Paralympic titles. In fact, at London 2012, Nemati set a Paralympic record on her way to gold in the women’s individual recurve W1/W2.
She also has Paralympic silver and bronze in women’s team recurve open. Nemati, who will be one of Iran’s flagbearers at Tokyo, is also the first from her country to have appeared in the Olympics and Paralympics at the same year.
Sareh Javanmardi – Shooting Para Sport
A two-time Paralympic and three-time world champion, Javanmardi will be the player to beat in the pistol events ((P2 women’s 10 air pistol SH1 and P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1). She followed this up with another gold medal at the 2018 World Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, in May and at the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.
With her recent form at the Al Ain 2021 World Cup where she equaled the world record to win the P2 title, Javanmardi seems ready to defend her Paralympic titles in Tokyo.
Uzbekistan’s Amilova Fotimakhon (Para Swimming), Indian Leani Ratri Oktila (Para Badminton) and Chinese Guo Lingling (Para Powerlifting) are three other athletes to watch out in the list.