TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour grabbed a gold medal on Tuesday at the 2022 Asian Games underway in China's Hangzhou.

Alipour defeated his Chinese rival at the final stage by submitting a record of 5.302 seconds.

With more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories, the 2022 Asian Games has more participants than the Olympics.

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.

MP