Iranian Women Win Silver, Bronze in Para Canoe: Hangzhou 2022
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Para canoe athletes Shahla Berouzi Rad and Roya Soltani of Iran claimed a silver and a bronze medal respectively in the 2022 Asian Para Games.
Behrouzi Rad won a silver in the Women's KL3 Final with 51.684 seconds.
Uzbekistan’s Shakhnoza Mirzaeva won the gold with 50.680 and the bronze medal went to China’s Yuqingyan Cai with 52.970 seconds.
Soltani also seized a bronze in the Women's KL2 Final with a time of 56.714 seconds.
India’s Prachi Yadav won the gold medal with 54.962 and the silver went to China’s Shanshan Wang with 55.674 seconds.
As the Asian Para Games returns to China for the second time following Guangzhou in 2010, nearly 3,100 athletes from 44 countries and regions are taking part across 22 sports and 564 events at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, which runs through Oct 28.
