TEHRAN Iranian sportsmen collected lots of medals Sunday in the 9th Asian Boating Championships underway here.

Veteran Nader Eyvazi of Iran snatched the coveted gold of the Asian 1000m singles touring Sunday.

Clashing in the waters of Azadi stadium's lake, western Tehran, Eyvazi stood top, clocking 5 minutes 29.31 seconds.

In the 8th Asian boating championships held in china, Eyvazi took two golds in the 500m and 1000m touring and one gold in the 1000m singles kayak.

The Iranian bagged no medal in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Iran snatched one silver and one bronze in the kayak competitions.

In singles, Reza Reissi representing Iran in the youth 1000m kayak contests clocked 4 minutes 05.988 second and grabbed the silver.

In the seniors' category, Babak Samari of Iran took the bronze with a time of 3 minutes 53.131 seconds.

Farahnaz Amir-Shaqaqi of Iran took the glittering gold of women's 1000m singles touring.

The veteran Amir-Shaqaqi passed the finish line after 5 minutes 55.773 seconds Two contestants from Macao and the Philippines finished runner-up and third, clocking 6:09:002 and 6:13:788 respectively.

National canoe polo team of Iran stood second Saturday.

Clashing the Japanese side, Iran lost 4-2 and snatched the runner-up title.

Taiwan and Hong Kong ranked third and fourth respectively.

Attended by 18 teams, Asian men's and women's boating contests run through may 20 in Azadi lake and Karaj river, western Tehran.

Iran stood second and grabbed the silver medal of youth 1000m doubles kayak.

Composed of Rassoul Assayesh-Khorshid and Reza Reissi, the Iranian doubles side clocked 3 minutes 54.713 seconds, finishing runner-up to Kazakhstan that won the crown with a time of 3:46:990. Japan ra

Senior kayak sailors of Iran snatched a bronze medal in the 1000m doubles category.

The Iranian kayak team comprising Babak Samari and Nader Hedayati finished third with a time of 3 minutes 42.219 seconds.

Clocking 3:36:903, Kazakhstan snatched the gold and the silver went to the Chinese side with a 3:37:656 time.

In women's 1000m doubles kayak, Iran consisting of Sonia Nouri-Zadeh and Farahnaz Amir-Shaqaqi finished fourth, clocking 4:31:648.

Iran won the trophy of men's 1000m doubles touring The Iranian duo, Alireza Mohammadi and Mohammad-Ali Moradpour took the coveted gold, clocking 4 minutes 41.008 seconds.

India finished runner-up with a time of 4:52:130 and the bronze medal was taken by the Iraqi side, clocking 4:53:170.

Women's doubles kayak of Iran finished runner-up and snatched the youth class silver medal Sunday.

The Iranian duo Raheleh Ahadpour and Hengameh Ahadpour clocked 4 minutes 34.29 seconds to grab the silver.

Kazakhstan took the gold with a time of 4 minutes and 17:747 seconds and Taiwan ranked third, clocking 5:31:236.