Iran Press/Iran news: Izadyar won the gold medal, clocking 01:07.12. Dawan Fraidden from Malaysia (01:07.66) and Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Li (01:07.77) claimed silver and bronze medals respectively.
“I am very happy to win Iran’s first gold medal in the Asian Para Games. It was my third gold medal in the Asian Para Games. I will compete in six more events and I hope to win more gold medals,” Izadyar told Tehran Times.
“It was my first gold medal since 2010 Asian Para Games and I'd like to thank my coach Mehdi Ziaei and everyone for helping me win the gold,” he added.
To ensure competition is fair and equal, all Para sports have a system in place which ensures that winning is determined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, tactical ability and mental focus, the same factors that account for success in sport for able bodied athletes.
At 2018 Asian Para Games, athletes will race in free style, back style, breaststroke, butterfly stroke, and medley.
Iranian Para athletes participate at the Games under the motto of “We Can Do It with Trust and Effort”.
Iran is represented by 209 athletes in the Asian Para Games, with 136 men and 73 women competing in 13 disciplines.
Iran finished in fourth place in the past two editions in Guangzhou (2010) and Incheon (2014).
The 2018 Asian Para Games are being held from October 6th to 13th at the Bung Karno Sports Complex in the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia.
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