Iranian national team gymnast Mehdi Alfti spoke about the vault competition at the Nagoya Asian Games on the sidelines of a ceremony welcoming him. After narrowly missing out on the gold medal, he told IRNA that the result was due to the Philippines’ influence in judging. The claim was made by Alfti, and the report provides no independent confirmation of it.
Alfti after missing out on gold: Philippines’ influence in judging had an impact
Mehdi Alfti, who narrowly missed out on gold in the vault at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, claimed at a welcome ceremony that the Philippines’ influence in judging had prevented him from winning the title.
