HANGZHOU, China – Shot putter Yasin Khosravi won a gold medal in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Wednesday.

He finished in first place in the Men's Shot Put-F57 Final with a throw of 16.00 meters. Indian Soman Rana won the silver with 14.42 and his countryman claimed the bronze with 13.94 meters.

A total of 128 male athletes represent Iran in 16 events and 82 female athletes compete in 11 events.

Iran finished in third place in the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Iran’s slogan in the 2022 Asian Para Games is “Faith, Iran, Honor” and the name of the delegation is “Children of Iran”.

Hangzhou 2022 takes place from Oct. 22 to 28. An estimated 3,000 athletes compete across 22 sports.