TEHRAN - Saeedreza Keikha and Mahdi Ahmad Kohani claimed two silver medals at the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) World Cup in Melbourne on Saturday.

Keikha qualified for the pommel horse discipline on Thursday and bagged a silver with a score of 15.033.

American gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik won the gold with 15.400 and the bronze medal went to Japanese Kohei Kameyama (14.833).

“I want to thanks my wife for her support. I am very happy for winning the silver medal because it can be a step towards my qualification for the Tokyo Olympics,” Keikha said. “I had a difficult task in the final because my opponents were very strong and I am happy because of winning the medal,” Keikha said.

“I am a step closer to the Olympics, however it depends on the performance of my rivals. I have Baku and Doha World Cups ahead of me in March and I need to have good performance in two events.”

In the still rings, Ahmad Kohani seized a silver with a score of 14.500.

Greek 2016 Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias took the gold with 15.066 and Egypt’s Ali Zahran seized the bronze with a score of 14.200.

The event offers points towards qualification for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The Australian city is the sixth of eight stops in the 2019-2020 FIG World Cup series, a Tokyo 2020 qualifying event.