Banitaba Seizes Gold in Judo at 2022 Asian Para Games
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s judo athlete Meysam Banitaba won a gold medal in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Monday.
Banitaba defeated Uzbekistan’s Diyorbek Maydonov 10-0, Indonesia’s Junaedi 10-0 and Kapil Parmar from India 10-0 in the Men -60 kg J1 to win the gold medal.
Junaedi and Yemen’s Sami Ali Nashwan won bronze medals.
As the Asian Para Games returns to China for the second time following Guangzhou in 2010, nearly 3,100 athletes from 44 countries and regions are taking part across 22 sports and 564 events at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, which runs through Oct 28.
