TEHRAN – Mohammadreza Safdarian and Mohsen Beheshti Rad of Iran won gold and silver medals at the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup.

Safdarian finished in first place in the men’s speed with a time of 8.60 seconds.

Beheshti Rad came second with 9.06 and the bronze medal went to Florian Gantner (Lie) with 9.14.

The UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup was held in Saas-Fee, Switzerland from Jan. 22 to 24.