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good news iran: Beheshti Rad wins gold medal at UIAA Ice Climbing C’ships
Iranian athlete Mohsen Beheshti Rad snatched the gold medal in the men’s speed final at the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation’s Ice Climbing World Championships in Saas-Fee.
Beheshti Rad was only the seventh-best qualifier earlier in the day, and after the first effort of 8.65sec in the final, he built on that with a 7.17 in the second and then a winning 6.90 on the third attempt at the Ice Dome in the Swiss resort.
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source: en.mehrnews.com