Iran shooters won the top spot in the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, May 1-12.
The three-woman squad including Sareh Javanmardi, Samira Eram and Khadijeh Rostami took gold in the 10-meter air pistol team category, IRNA reported.
They along with Roqayeh Shojaei and Zahra Gholamzadeh are also participating in the individual section of the games.
Two-time gold winner in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and 2012 London Paralympics bronze winner, Sareh Javanmardi set the record of 237.6 points to win the individual gold in 10m air pistol and secure the straight 2020 Tokyo Paralympics quota.
Javanmardi was the first ever Iranian female gold medalist in the Paralympics. During the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she grabbed the gold in two categories of women’s 10m air pistol and mixed 50m pistol.
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