Iran sealed the third place in the 9th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in South Korea with a medals tally of 22 including seven golds.

Having collected four golds and two silvers, Iran clinched the runner-up spot in Sanda competitions as wushu giant China finished first with a seven-medal asset including five golds.

India collected two gold, two silver and three bronze medals to secure the third place.

On Wednesday, Iran’s Hassan Khademi outpointed his Indian counterpart to grab the gold medal of the boys’ -80kg in Sanda contests at Park Chung Hee Gymnasium in the South Korean city of Gumi.

The other gold medal of the day went to Ali Mohammadi (-65kg) who prevailed over the Vietnamese contestant in the final showdown.

Mohammadi’s compatriot, Alireza Rigi also beat a Chinese athlete in the boys’ -60kg final to secure Iran’s third gold in Sanda category.

Ahmad Vahedi also triumphed over his Malaysian opponent in the boys’ -75kg and struck another gold for Iran.

Meanwhile, the Iranian girls’ duelin Taolu team picked up the gold medal with a total score of 9.46 points.

Earlier in the day, Zahra Kiani had tallied 9.51 points in the final competition of Chiangshu form in the girls’ 15-18 age category to snatch the gold medal.

Also in the girls competitions, Fatemeh Vaisi (-52kg) and Shaqayeq Pashaei (-60kg) collected two silver medals for Iran.

Additionally, Mina Panahi collected 9.44 points to claim the silver medal in the Nandao form of Taolu competitions in the girls’ 12-15 age division.

Iranian duo of Amir Hossein Soltani and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini also took part in the boys’ duelin Taolu team contests and bagged the silver, having earned 9.50 points. Malaysia team took the gold medal with a total score of 9.54 points.

China garnered 22 gold medals and two silvers to top the overall medals table of both Taolu and Sanda competitions while Hong Kong finished second with eight golds and nine silvers. / Iran daily /