Iran participated in the sixth edition of the event with five athletes. Armin Hadipour Seighalani won the gold medal in the men’s under-58kg final after defeating the top seed Tae-Hun Kim from South Korea. The Iranian scored first with a head shot to lead by three points, but almost immediately Kim responded with a body […]
Iran participated in the sixth edition of the event with five athletes.
Armin Hadipour Seighalani won the gold medal in the men’s under-58kg final after defeating the top seed Tae-Hun Kim from South Korea.
The Iranian scored first with a head shot to lead by three points, but almost immediately Kim responded with a body shot to make the scores 3-2 at the end of the first round.
The two athletes exchanged the lead, with often only a point separating them.
Tae-Hun Kim had to settle for silver as the buzzer sounded the end of the contest and Hadipour Seighalani won by 16 points to 12.
Spain took both bronze medals as Adrian Vicente Yunta and Jesus Tortosa Cabrera lost out in the semi-finals.
Mirhashem Hosseini claimed a silver medal in the men’s under-68 kg. He lost to South Korean Lee Dae-hoon 11-7 in the final match.
Bronze medals went to Si Mohamed Ketbi from Belgium and Briton Bradly Sinden.
Sajjad Mardani also won a bronze medal in the men’s over-80kg event.
He lost to Russian Vladislav Larin 15-12 in the semi-final.
Gold medal was won by Russian Vladislav Larin who beat South Korean In Kyo-don.
Top competitors were awarded ranking points towards the World Taekwondo world ranking which could help them quality for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The competition was the last event before next month’s World Taekwondo Finals in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.
