Pars Shahshahani won silver at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games

Hajar Safarzadeh won the silver medal in the women's 200-meter race at the paraathletics competition.

In the afternoon of the second day of the V Asian Para Games, held in Nagoya, Safarzadeh took second place in the T12 women's 200-meter race class.

Representing Iran, Safarzadeh finished the race with a time of 25.20 seconds, where three other athletes participated.

Simran from India won the gold medal by running the distance in 24.80 seconds, and her compatriot, Damor Tejjalben, took third place with a bronze medal, posting a time of 25.23 seconds.

In Tehran, Khasanjan Janfeshan, the sole Iranian representative in para-table tennis at the Asian Para Games, won a bronze medal.

Khasanjan Janfeshan won bronze medal at table tennis tournament in Nagoya

In the semi-finals of the Class 2 para-table tennis competition, Janfeshan lost to Kim Kyung-hyun from South Korea with a score of 3–2, resulting in him receiving the bronze medal.

In another semi-final, Park Chin-chol from South Korea defeated Tiray Chuawong from Thailand.

At 61 years old, Janfeshan is the oldest athlete in the Iranian delegation. He has previously won medals at previous Asian Para Games.

In Tehran, Amirhossein Alipour and Mahdi Olad from Iran won gold and silver medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Tuesday.

Amirhossein Alipour and Mahdi Olad won gold and silver at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya

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.