Iran Comes First in Asian Taekwondo Championships after Eight Years

The Iranian representatives collected three gold medals, as well as three silver and three bronze medals.

Mehdi Haji Mousaei beat Park Tae-joon from South Korea in the men’s -58kg final.

Mohammad Hossein Yazdani won a gold by defeating his countryman Mehran Barkhordari in the men’s -87kg final.

Arian Salimi also won a gold after beating Korean taekwondo athlete Park in the men’s +87kg weight category.

Ali Khoshravesh lost to Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Jaysunov in the final match of the men’s -80kg weight category.

Abolfazl Zandi and Matin Rezaei also won two bronze medals in the men’s -58kg and men’s -63kg, respectively.

Melika Mirhosseini claimed a silver medal in the women’s -73kg and Saeideh Nasiri bagged a bronze medal in the women’s -46kg.

South Korea finished in second place with three gold medals, two silvers and five bronzes.

China came third, winning two golds and four bronzes.

The competition was held in Da Nang, Vietnam.