Iranian sprinter Hassan Taftian claimed a silver medal in 100m event of the Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Charlety Stadium on Saturday.

Taftian came second with a time of 10.03 seconds, improving his personal best by 0.01 second.

Abdullah Abkar Mohammed from Saudi Arabia won the gold medal with the same time and the bronze medal went to South African Henricho Bruintjies who clocked 10.15.

Taftian had claimed a gold medal in the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on June 10 with a time of 10.07.

The 2018 IAAF Diamond League is the ninth edition of the annual IAAF Diamond League, a fourteen-leg series of track and field meetings. It is the second edition to feature the new championship-style system.

Taftian is training under guidance of his coach French Guy Ontanon to prepare for Jakarta Asian Games.

The 18th Asian Games will be held from August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang.