Iranian Canoeists Dedicate Medals to Bandar Abbas Martyrs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Three Iranian canoeists dedicated their medals to the victims of a recent huge explosion in Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Bandar Abbas.
The men athletes Mohammad Nabi Rezaei and Ali Aghamirzaei won two silvers at the 2025 Asian Canoe Confederation Canoe Sprint Asian Championships as well as a bronze medal won by the Iranian woman Narjes Kargarpoor.
Defending champion Rezaei settled for a silver in the men's canoe single 1000m with a time of 4:19.26.
Chinese teenage star Wu Shengyue finished in first place with of 4:15.80 and bronze medal went to Kuan-Chieh Lai of Chinese Taipei with 4:24.91.
Seven-time Asian champion Aghamirzaei also seized a silver in 3:49.94 in the men's kayak single 1000m.
Tokyo 2020 Olympian and three-time Asian Games champion Zhang Dong secured title for China by more than one second over and bronze went to Uzbek star Oleksandr Zarubin.
China’s Lingya Chen won the gold by crossing the line in 4:23.60 in the women's K1 1000m.
Kazakhstan opened the account when Stela Sukhanova followed Chen for silver in 4:24.87 and Iranian Narjes Kargarpoor claimed the bronze with 4:29.992.
