Karate League in Spain: Iran finished second
Karate League in Spain: Iran finished second

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian men’s Kumite team managed to finish second at the 2019 Karate 1 Premier League in Madrid, capital city of Spain, after grabbing 2 gold and 2 Bronze medals. Team Iran finished the Karate 1-Premier League in Madrid, Spain, as runner-up after grabbing 2 gold and 2 Bronze medals. In […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian men’s Kumite team managed to finish second at the 2019 Karate 1 Premier League in Madrid, capital city of Spain, after grabbing 2 gold and 2 Bronze medals.

Team Iran finished the Karate 1-Premier League in Madrid, Spain, as runner-up after grabbing 2 gold and 2 Bronze medals.

In the men’s plus 84 KG category, Sajjad Ganjzadeh snatched the gold medal after defeating his French opponent 4-nil in the final.

Ganjzadeh had defeated his rivals from Spain, Croatia, Japan, and Chile en route to final. Ganjzadeh also managed to seal a spot in next Summer Olympic Games.

Amir Mehdizadeh also bagged another gold medal for Iran in the men’s minus 67 Kg category. Meanwhile, Hamideh Abbasabadi and Saleh Abazari pocketed Bronze medals for Iran in the tournament.

Kazakhstan stood in 1st place with 2 gold and 2 silver medals while Turkey finished 3rd with 1 gold, a silver, and 1 Bronze medals.

Early in October, Iran’s National Karate Team won the prestigious Karate-1 Premier League which was held in Moscow, Russia.

In the female competitions, Iranian karate practitioner Sara Bahmanyar snatched a gold medal in the -50kg weight class.

Late last month, both Iranian male and female karate teams won an international Shotokan karate competition which was held in the Western Iranian province of Kermanshah.

  • source : FNA, Iran News