Iran stands champion of men’s 1000-meter single canoe GMT 22:06 2011 Friday, 14 October Last Updated: 06:49:16 GMT Tehran - Irna Iran’s Farzin Assadi stood champion and won gold medal of men’s 1000-meter single canoe at Asia Canoeing Championship contests on Friday. The Iranian gold medalist completed the race in 03:56:96 minutes.