Iranian Athletes Steal the Show at 2024 Para Taekwondo Open
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Para taekwondo athletes won five gold and three bronze medals at the Bahrain 2024 Para Taekwondo Open in Manama, Bahrain on Friday.
Ailar Jami, Zahra Rahimi, Amir Hossein Alizadeh, Abolfazl Imani and Amir Mohammad Haghighat Shenas claimed five golds and three bronzes were won by Narges Javadi, Roza Ebrahimi and Romina Chamsouraki.
Jami claimed a gold medal in the K44 Women -47kg by defeating Khwansuda Phuangkitcha of Thailand 12-4 in the final match. Javadi snatched a bronze in the weight class.
Rahimi won a gold medal by defeating Uzbekistan’s Karomatoy Rustamova 19-6 in the K44 Women -52kg.
Roza Ebrahimi seized a bronze medal in the K44 Women -57kg.
Alizadeh defeated Uzbekistan’s Rasuljon Olimov 15-14 in the K44 Men -63kg gold medal match.
Imani beat Hussein Al-Buhaydar of Iraq 19-16 in the K44 Men -58kg final.
Chamsouraki seized a bronze medal in the K44 Women -65kg.
Haghighat Shenas defeated Kazakhstan’s Platon Zobnev 21-9 in the K44 Men -70kg.
A total of 57 athletes representing 14 countries from three regions and one neutral athlete competed in the event.
