TEHRAN – Iranian Para athletes Yasin Khosravi on Saturday won a gold medal in the F57 class shot put event of the World Para Athletics Championships and set a new record.
Khosravi recorded 16.60 meters in this part of the competition. With this throw, he improved the world shot put record he had by 59 centimeters and won the gold medal.
Earlier, Saeid Afrooz and Hassan Bajoulvand hve won two gold medals at the event.
The New Delhi 2025 edition is the 12th World Para Athletics Championships and the first time India is hosting this event.
The championship, held from 27 September to 5 October at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, features 186 medal events and has attracted over 1,000 athletes from around the world.