28 Mar 2024
Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 13:28
Story Code : 231136

Irans Rahimi, Ranjbar win gold, bronze at individual recurve

RIO (Tasnim) - Gholamreza Rahimi of Iran defeated Thailands Hanreuchai Netsiri 7-3 in the individual recurve mens open at Rio 2016 on Tuesday.





Rahimi beat top-seeded teammate Ebrahim Ranjbar in a five-set semifinal then shot two perfect 30-point sets to claim recurve mens open Paralympic gold ahead of Netsiri.

The match was good, were going to do our best and be stronger. We are all good, powerful men and I like it, said Rahimi.

The first thing that was important for me is that my flag went up in the Paralympic arena. That was my goal.

Rahimi, ranked fifth after the ranking round, was the only athlete to shoot more than one perfect set during the eliminations and both came in the final against Netsiri.

Ranjbar defeated Luciano Rezende of Brazil 7-1 and won the bronze medal.

By Mehr News Agency

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