The Iranian canoer Mohammad Nabi Rezaei won a bronze medal at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships on Saturday.

Rezaei finished in third place in the C1 Jun Men 1000 with a time of 04:51.536 minutes.

Russian Ian Kavaliauskas won the gold medal, clocking 04:45.596 minutes.

Roberts Lagzdins from Latvia won the silver medal with a time of 04:49.964 minutes.

The championships got underway in Pitesti, Romania.

Some 14 Iranian male and female athletes are participating in the event.