Paralympic champion Rostami hospitalized after car crash

TEHRAN – The 2024 Paralympic Games gold medalist Rouhollah Rostami was hospitalized in hospital due to a car crash.

He had a car accident alongside his father while returning from Qom city to Tehran Thursday night.

They are in a stable condition in Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Hospital.

Rostami claimed two gold medals in 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris in the men’s 80 kg powerlifting event.

He had won a silver medal in 2012 Paralympic Games in London.