DOHA – Ehsan Haddadi snatched Iran’s third gold at the 15th Asian Games after standing top at the men’s discus tournament here Sunday.

The 21-year-old registered a 63.79m record, followed by silver winner Rashid Shafi Al Dosari from Qatar and bronze winner Al Dawodi of Saudi Arabia.

Haddadi is the first Iranian who won a world athletics medal, grabbing the gold at 2004 World Junior Championships.

Eight medals for Iran taekwondo team

Iran won six medals in men’s and two in women’s taekwondo tournament.

Yussef Karami took the coveted gold by beating South Korea’s Park Kyeong-Hoon 4-3 in the 84kg final.

Mehdi Navaii gave Iran the +84kg silver, conceding a loss to his South Korean opponent.

Mehdi Bibak took the silver after he was victimized by referees who gifted the 78kg gold to the Qatari finalist.

Three bronzes came as Behzad Khodadad, Alireza Nasr-Azadani, and Hadi Saii finished third in the 58, 67, and 72kg events respectively.

Mahruz Saii and Afsaneh Sheikhi bagged bronze medals in women’s 72 and +72kg competitions.

Mazaheri into boxing final

Ali Mazaheri booked a berth in the 91kg boxing final with a victory over Kazakhstan’s pugilist.

Mazaheri clashes against the Chinese finalist Monday.

Water polo team into semis

Water polo side cruised into the semifinals after overcoming South Korea 9-4.

The Iranian team meets powerful China Tuesday.

Refs strip Amiri of Greco-Roman gold

Iran’s 55kh Greco-Roman wrestler Jassem Amiri was brazenly denied the gold medal by the referees who announced him three times the winner but finally ordered for the continuation of the bout that led to his Chinese rival’s victory.

Mehdi Sharabiani fetched Iran the 120kg gold and his teammate Hamid Reyhani took the 66kg bronze medal.

Iran among handball last four

Iranian handball team waltzed into the semifinals with 30-25 win over Syria.

Qatar, South Korea, and Kuwait also qualified for the semifinals.