TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Iran’s track and field athletes have bagged three gold medals in the Central Asian Youth Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan..
Benyamin Yousefi, Amirhussein Asadimanesh, Muhammad Abdshahri collected gold medals at the Central Asian Youth Championship.
Benyamin Yousefi became the champion in the 100 meters after crossing the finish line at 10.47 second.
Amirhossein Asadimanesh ended the 10,000m junior race walk in 45:50.51 and stood in the first place.
Elsewhere in the 10,000m youth race walk, Fatemeh Zahra Qalenoei hit 54:26.26 record and won gold. She also broke Iran’s youth record by this outcome.
Muhammad Abdshahri became the first in 1500m youth with 4:4.79 record.
The tournament was held at Pakhtakor Central Stadium in Tashkent, an athlete from the host country came in second after recording 10.96 second, while another Iranian runner Amir Reza Moinpour landed in third place after crossing the finish line in 11.6 second.