The 16th Asian Canoeing Championships, hosted in Palembang, Indonesia from November 4th to November 8th, were attended by 500 athletes from 21 countries: Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. Unfortunately athletes from Nepal and Pakistan were not able to attend the event due to a delay in their visas.

Iran had a very succesfull run winning a total of sixteen medals (five gold, five silver and six bronze). Kazakhstan dominated the tournament, grabbing the most medals.

Results – Senior

Women C1 200m Fatemeh Karamjani (Gold)

Women C1 500m Fatemeh Karamjani (Silver)

Men K4 1000m Ali Aghamirzaei / Babak Darban / Farzin Asadi / Amin Boudaghi (Gold)

Men C1 200m Adel Mojallalimoghadam (Bronze)

Men K1 1000m Farzin Asadi (Bronze)

Men K2 200m Ali Ojaghu / Seyedkia Eskandanihahosseini (Bronze)

Men K2 1000m Ali Aghamirzaei / Amin Boudaghi (Bronze)

Photos: Iranian canoe athletes at national and international canoeing competitions

Results – Junior

Women K1 200m Mina Abdolahi (Gold)

Women K2 500m Ebrahimi / Tahmasabi (Gold)

Women C1 200m Atena Raofi (Bronze)

Women K1 500m Mina Abdolahi (Bronze)

Men C1 1000m Nabi Rezayi (Gold)

Men K1 1000m Alireza Farmande (Silver)

Men K2 1000m Masoud/Sharifi (Silver)

Dragon boat races

Women 200m (Silver)

Women 500m (Silver)

Sources: Wikipedia | 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, palembantribunnews.com, antarasumsel.com I, antarasumsel.com II, antarasumsel.com III, The Straits Times, Mehr News 1, womencanintl.com, Mehr News 2