At the 2026 Asian Paralympic Games in Nagoya, which took place on Friday, Iranian athletes Mehran Nekoye Majd and Mohammadtaha Beigrezaei won medals in the men's javelin throw category F34.
Nekoye Majd took first place, throwing the implement a distance of 11.90 meters. He was followed by his compatriot Beigrezaei, who achieved a result of 11.79 meters.
The bronze medal in this sport was won by Qatari javelin thrower Abdulrahman Fiki, whose throw measured 10.49 meters.
In Tehran, Amirhossein Alipour and Mahdi Olad from Iran won gold and silver medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Tuesday.
During the second day of paraathletics at the fifth Asian Para Games held in Nagoya, the Iranian para team achieved victory in the F11 shot put discipline. Alipour, who previously won a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris, set a competition record by throwing the implement 14.70 meters, becoming the gold medalist.
This record previously belonged to Olad, another Iranian athlete in this sport. Mahdi Olad won the silver medal with a result of 13.93 meters. Pravin Sharma from India won the bronze medal with a result of 13.86 meters.
Another representative of Iran was Hassan Bajolvand, who finished fifth with a result of 11.11 meters.
