Iranian Female Karatekas Win Medals in U-21 World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Fatemeh Zahra Saeidabadi and Yalda Naghi Beiranvand won a gold and a bronze medal respectively in the 2024 World Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championships on Sunday.
Saeidabadi defeated her Egyptian opponent Menatalah Elhawary in the U-21 Female Kumite 55kg.
Slovakian Nina Kvasnicova and Thailand’s Hokprasertgul Sirikamonnate claimed the bronze medal in the weight class.
In the U-21 Female Kumite -50kg, Mizuki Ishihara of Japan defeated Croatia’s Ema Sgardelli in the final.
The bronze medal went to Naghi Beiranvand and Ukraine’s Valeriia Sergaieva.
The 2024 World Cadet, Junior and U-21 Karate Championships, is a karate event being held in Venice, Italy from October 9 to 13, 2024.
