TEHRAN – Sajad Aghaei of Iran took a gold medal in the men’s 400 meters of the 11th edition of the Asian Indoor Athletic Championships on Sunday.

He crossed the line with a time of 47.95, followed by Bangladesh’s Mohammad Jahir Rayhan and Iraqi runner Yasir Ali Al-saadi.

The 2024 Asian Indoor Athletic Championships are being held from Feb. 17 to 19 in Tehran, capital of Tehran.

Almost 400 athletes from 26 nations are competing in the event.

The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, running since 2004, is a biennial competition organized by the Asian Athletics Association.

The 2024 edition is being held in Tehran's Aftab e Enghelab Sports Complex, is the 11th edition.