Sheikh Joaan crowns padel winners at Asian Games

NAGOYA: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani crowned the podium winners of the men's pairs padel event at theAichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games during a ceremony on Saturday.

Sheikh Joaan presented the medals to the winners, Qatar (Rashid Nawaf and Mashari Nawaf), runners-up, Malaysia (Aiden Yunus and Christian Chen), and second runners-up, Iran (Farsad Shahi and Amirmohhamad Jamshidi).

The Qatari pair won the final against the Malaysian pairin straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

The padel events were held for the first time at the Asian Games.