Iran’s shot putter Javid Ehsan Shakib seized a bronze medal in the F57 event with a throw of 14.13m on Saturday.

Guoshan Wu claimed gold with a throw of 14.42m while Janusz Rokicki came second to win the silver with 14.26m.

This was Iran’s 22nd medal in 2016 Paralympic games. Iranian delegation has claimed 22 medals so far in the competition, seven gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze medals.

China is on top of the medal count table with 237 medals: 105 golds, 81 silvers and 51 bronzes. Great Britain, Ukraine and USA stand second to fourth respectively.

Iran has participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 111 athletes in 12 sports.

The Iranian delegation finished in 11th place in the previous edition, winning 10 gold medals, seven silvers and seven bronze medals. / Tehran times /