NEWS CENTER – The competitions of the fifth Asian Paralympic Games launched in the Japanese city of Aichi-Nagoya yesterday, Sunday, 18 October, and the events of this sporting event are scheduled to continue with wide participation until the twenty-fourth of the same month.

Iranian female athletes achieved three medals (two golds and a silver) in the Paralympic taekwondo and athletics competitions, thus opening the record of achievements for the Iranian delegation in the tournament. Champion Aylar Jami began the Iranian harvest by winning the first gold medal in Paralympic taekwondo for the under-47 and under-44 kilogram weight categories, after a journey distinguished by defeating champions from Uzbekistan and China, before deciding the final match in her favor against the representative of Thailand.

In the athletics competitions, specifically the women's javelin throw, Iran imposed its control over the first places; athlete Elham Salehi was crowned with the second gold medal for the delegation, while her colleague Masoumeh Torabi won the silver medal by achieving second place.

Iranian athlete Fa'ezeh Dibaei qualified for the final round in the discus throw competitions (F56 and F57 categories), after achieving a new record of 24.44 meters in the preliminary qualifiers, thus surpassing the previous records approved in Asian championships and Asian Paralympic Games.

This prominent achievement comes within the participation of the Iranian delegation in the fifth Aichi-Nagoya Paralympic Games, in whose competitions it is competing with a delegation comprising 166 athletes (62 female athletes and 104 male athletes) representing the country in 15 sports. The outstanding results of the female athletes in Paralympic taekwondo and athletics confirm their pivotal role in enhancing Iran's tally of gold medals during this tournament.