Mongolia’s Paralympic history changed
on the first day of the Games in Paris 2024, when Surenjav Ulambayar became the
first female from her country to win medal at the Paralympic Games when she
defeated Iran’s Zahra Rahimi in the K44 -52kg gold medal final.
Zahra Rahimi, Iran’s youngest athlete in Paris claimed silver
Iranian fans didn’t have to wait long
for their first medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games either when Zahra
Rahimi, the youngest athlete in the Iranian delegation and just 15 years old
won silver on her Paralympic debut.
The athlete expressed her excitement
at having achieved a medal, “I am very excited to have won a first medal for
the country in Paris, although I would have been much happier if it had been a
gold,” she said.
She added that she had an injury to
her knee before the final and was not in shape, however, that did not stop her
from achieving second place.
“I am young, and I will definitely be
aiming for the gold medal at the next Paralympics,” said Rahimi, who will still
be a teenager for the next Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
Iran and the media will undoubtedly
have their eyes on her.