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Iranian sports recorded a relative performance in the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, among which some women had a great contribution in winning medals for the convoy.

According to sports journalist Safir Arjan, Iran's sports caravan ended its work in the 20th Asian Games by winning 19 gold, 15 silver and 18 bronze medals and a total of 52 medals. Iran's position at the end of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games was the sixth place in the medal table.

The performance of female athletes in this period of games was impressive and they had a great contribution in Iran's medal winning. From Sagar Moradi's gold medal in taekwondo, which was the first medal in the history of Iranian female taekwondo athletes in the Asian Games, to Zahra Zarei's silver medal in the 400-meter run, which made her the first Iranian woman to win a medal in the second discipline of athletics.

Along with these events, one should also look at rowing's medal winnings; A field that, although Iran had won medals before, but now with a newly established federation, it achieved success, which resulted in two gold, three silver and one bronze medals, and Tazvardi was a heavy hitter.

For further and specialized analysis of the performance of Iran's sports caravan, Mahia Shahsawari and Mehdi Mansaf, two old journalists of Iranian sports, were the guests of Ambassador Arjan. Both Nashir and Shahsawari had gone to Nagoya to cover the news of the Asian Games.