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Iranian woman archer Nemati claims gold at Hangzhou

mahla — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:44:43 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – HANGZHOU, China – Zahra Nemati of Iran won a gold medal in archery in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Friday.

She defeated her Chinese rival Yang Wu 6-4 in the Women’s Ind. Recurve – Open Gold Medal.

China’s Chunyan Wu defeated Pooja of India 6-4 in the bronze medal match.

A total of 128 male athletes represent Iran in 16 events and 82 female athletes compete in 11 events.

Iran finished in third place in the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Iran’s slogan in the 2022 Asian Para Games is “Faith, Iran, Honor” and the name of the delegation is “Children of Iran”.

Hangzhou 2022 takes place from Oct. 22 to 28. An estimated 3,000 athletes compete across 22 sports.

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Iran’s Zahra Nemati Nominated for September’s Athlete of the Month

reporter 1222 — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:00:02 +0000

TEHRAN – Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati has been nominated for the Allianz Athlete of the Month for September.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for the award, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org.

The Iranian recurve archer united the Paralympic and world titles with another world title at the Beijing 2017 World Archery Para Championships. Nemati also won Worlds bronze in the mixed team open with Pouya Jalipour.

Other nominees are Erik Horrie (Australian, rowing), Justas Pazarauskas (Lithuanian, goalball), Jetze Plat (Dutch, cycling and triathlon) and Birgit Skarstein (Norwegian, rowing).

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