TEHRAN – Iran became runners-up at the 8th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Saturday night.

The Iranian delegation came second with 24 medals, including five gold, nine silver and 10 bronze.

Kazakhstan collected seven gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze to finish in the first place.

Qatar sat in third place, winning four gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals.

The event acted as a preparations for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, due to take place in Birmingham between March 1 and 4.

Iran’s Medalists in the end of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships:

Gold Medal Winners:
Hasan Taftian in 60m
Amir Moradi in 1500m
Hossein Keyhani in 3000m
Ali Samari in Shot Put
Sepideh Tavakoli in Pentathlon

Silver Medal Winners: 
Pejman Yarvali in 800m
Mohammad Baniadam in Pole Vault
Milad Miri in Heptathlon
Keyvan Ghanbarzadeh in High Jump
Sepideh Tavakoli in High Jump
Elnaz Kompani in 60mH
Mahsa Mirzatabibi in Pole Vault
Maryam Noroozi in Shot Put
Women’s 4x400m Relay

Bronze Medal Winners:
Ali Mohebbi in Heotathlon
Ali Fahimi in 1500m
Vahid Sedigh in Triple Jump
Homayoun Hemmati in 3000m
Men’s 4x400m Relay
Farzaneh Fasihi in 60m
Sara Nadafi in 60mH
Sara Karimi in Pole Vault
Niloufar Fashkhorani in Pole Vault
Sana Dadras in Shot Put

Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Saeid Alihosseini says that it could be a great honor for his nation if he would win the Laureus World Comeback of the Year.

Roger Federer was the big winner at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards on Tuesday night, picking up the Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year awards at the ceremony in Monaco.

The Swiss tennis icon, who reclaimed the world No 1 ranking after overcoming a serious knee injury and winning his 20th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last month, fought off competition from Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal to land the Sportsman of the Year award.

Now, the Iranian weightlifter says he deserved to win the prestigious award.

Alihosseini returned to action in December in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships after eight years due to doping suspension and won a silver medal.

Reigning Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze claimed the gold medal and the bronze medal went to Behdad salami.

“To win the Laureus award is a great honor and I liked to win the honor as an Iranian. I won a medal after eight years absence and I think it I did a good job,” Alihosseini said.

“From now on, I will not be an easy opponent for Talakhadze. I won a silver medal in Anaheim with just three months training,” he went on to say.

TEHRAN – Hamid Ali Samimi was elected as new President of Islamic Republic of Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled on Monday.

Iran’s Deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani and Shahrokh Shahnazi, the National Olympic Committee Secretary General, attended the elections.

He will serve for four years as President after securing 24 out of 43 votes available in the elections held in Iran’s Sports Federation for the Disabled, located in Tehran.

Iraj Rahmani and Abbas Baghestani came second and third with 18 votes and one vote respectively.

Samimi replaced Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa, who was in charge from 1981.

On Sunday, Khosravi Vafa remained as President of Iran’s National Paralympic Committee for another four years in the elections held in Iran’s Olympic Academy.

Before the Islamic Republic of Iran Revolution, Sports for the Disabled has been governed under the supervision of Medical Federation as an inactive committee. Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled was established after the glorious Islamic Revolution of Iran, in the latest 1979.