TEHRAN – Iranian athletes claimed three more gold medals on Day 5 of the 2018 Asian Games on Thursday.

Erfan Ahangarian bagged a gold medal in wushu after defeating Wang Xuetao from China 2-1 in the final match of the Men's Sanda -60kg.

Another wushu practitioner Mohsen Mohammadseifi claimed his third successive gold medal in the Asian Games after beating his Chinese rival Shi Zhanwei 2-0.

Climber Reza Alipour also gained Iran’s third gold medal on Day 5.

Alipour, dubbed the ‘Asiatic Cheetah’, won the final after his Chinese opponent Zhong Qixin made a false start.

Alipour took gold in the first ever men's climbing final at the Asian Games

Iran had previously claimed seven gold medals in the Games.

Freestyle wrestlers Hassan Yazdani (86kg), Alireza Karimi (97kg) and Parviz Hadi (125kg) snatched three gold medals.

Greco-Roman wrestlers Mohammadali Geraei in the 77kg and Hossein Nouri in the 87kg won two gold medals.

Taekwondo practitioners Saeid Rajabi in the men’s 80kg and Mirhashem Hosseini in the men’s -63kg seized two golds.

The 18th Asian Games stage 465 events out of 40 sports, among which 330 events from 32 sports will feature in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Games, attracting more than 10,000 athletes, will run through Sept. 2.