Iran Tops Muslim World With 7 Medals
By R. Elahi
(KASHMIR OBSERVER) SRINAGAR: As many as 11,300 Olympians from 205 countries took part in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020 vying for 340 gold, 338 silver and 402 bronze medals in a total of 33 sporting events.
The US remained the highest gold medal winners (39) while China secured second position with 38. The host country, Japan, remained the third winner with 27 gold medals.
Iran became the top scorer among 50 odd Muslim countries at the Olympics ranking 4th in Asia and 27th in the world much ahead of India which remained on 48th position.
The Iranian Olympics team bagged seven medals, including three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
41-year-old shooter Javad Foroughi won Iran’s first medal in the Games by claiming gold in Men’s 10-meter Air Pistol event. Making it Iran’s first-ever Olympics medal in shooting.