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Iranian Teams Win 2024 World Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships

mahla — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:22:11 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –In the men’s division, Iran claimed the title, followed by the Republic of Korea and Morocco.

In the women’s division, Team Melli Banovan finished in first place after defeating Morocco. Korea came third.

The Iranian women won the title for the first time ever.

The 2024 World Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships Series is being held in Chuncheon, South Korea from July 1 to 5.

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Iran Comes First in Asian Taekwondo Championships after Eight Years

mahla — Sat, 18 May 2024 23:38:48 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –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.

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Iran’s Taekwondo athlete Nematzadeh books Olympics berth

mahla — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:05:23 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –Iran’s Taekwondo star Mobina Nematzadeh secured a spot in 2024 Olympic Games on Friday after emerging victorious in a bout with her Japanese opponent at the Asian Qualification Tournament in China.

18-year-old Nematzadeh beat Ana Da Costa Da Silva Pinto Belo of East Timor in the -49kg category and in the final match defeated Japan’s Ruka Okamoto to secure the place at the Olympics.

Nematzadeh was the 15th Iranian athlete to find her way to the Paris Olympics.

Nahid Kiani and Mehran Barkhordari, two other Taekwondo athletes, had earlier received the thumbs up for the Olympic Games.

The 2024 Summer Olympics, is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 Auguest in Paris.

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Iran has secured 58 spots for Tokyo 2020 so far

mahla — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:13:48 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A total of 58 Olympic berths have been secured by Iranian athletes in 12 sports so far, and there are still more spots to grab for the country at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Iranian wrestling freestylers booked three more Olympic berths as Amirmohammad Babak Yazdani Charati, Younes Emami, and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian stormed into the final of Asian Olympic qualifiers in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sunday.

Iran plans to send a larger delegation to the Tokyo 2020 than Rio 2016 and 58 athletes have so far secured their places in the Games.

Amidst the country’s lockdown due to covid19 pandemic, the athletes who are vying for spots in Tokyo 2020 are allowed to continue their training.

Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Iran had secured 52 Olympic spots. After the restart of the qualification games, the number of athletes who have joined the Iranian delegation in Tokyo has reached 58.

The list of Iranian athletes who have booked Tokyo Olympics quota places is as follows:

*Archery: One spot for the country

*Athletics: Two spots – Hasan Taftian (Men’s 100m), Ehsan Haddadi (Men’s discus throw)

*Basketball: 12 quota places

*Boxing: Two spots- Danial Shahbakhsh (men’s featherweight) and Shahin Mousavi (men’s middleweight)

*Cycling: One spot – men’s road race

*Fencing: Four quota places – men’s team sabre

*Karate: Four karatekas – Bahman Askari (men’s 75 kg), Sajjad Ganjzadeh (men’s +75 kg), Sara Bahmanyar (women’s 55 kg), and Hamideh Abbasali (women’s +61 kg)

*Shooting: Six quota places: Mahyar Sedaghat (Men’s 50 m rifle 3 positions), Javad Foroughi (Men’s 10 m air pistol), Najmeh Khedmati, and Armina Sadeghian (Women’s 10 m air rifle), Fatemeh Karamzadeh (Women’s 50 m rifle 3 positions), Hanieh Rostamian (Women’s 10 m air pistol)

*Table Tennis: One spot – Nima Alamian (Men’s singles)

*Taekwondo: Two quota places – Armin Hadipour (Men’s -58 kg) and Mirhashem Hosseini (Men’s -68 kg)

*Volleyball: 12 quota places

*Wrestling: 11 spots – six in the men’s freestyle and five in the men’s Greco-Roman

There are still more spots to grab for Iran’s Olympic delegation in sports such as shooting, boxing, gymnastics, canoeing, athletics, weightlifting, Greco-Roman wrestling, archery, and table tennis. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran fielded a team of 63 athletes, 54 men and 9 women, across 15 sports at the 2016 Rio Games. Now the country hopes to increase the number of its athletes in Tokyo to more than 70.

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Iranian Taekwondo Athletes Begin Exercises in Training Camp

reporter 1222 — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:28:12 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s taekwondo and Para taekwondo athletes have started their exercises in the federation’s training camp.

Armin Hadipour in the -58kg and Mirhashem Hosseini in the -68kg, who have already booked their places in the Tokyo Olympic Games, are attending the camp with two other national team athletes Sajjad Mardani and Amirhossein Bakhshi.

Taekwondo athletes have passed coronavirus screenings before entering the training camp.

Iran’s Para taekwondo athletes Mehdi Pourahnama and Asghar Azizi, who have qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics, are also taking part in training camp.

Iran’s taekwondo training camp was canceled earlier this year due to COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the athletes have started their trainings under the supervision of Fariborz Asgari and Payam Khanlarkhani as head coaches.

Iran taekwondo federation obtained the permission from the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus to hold the training camps.

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Sajjad Mardani Wins Silver at World Taekwondo Grand Prix

reporter 1222 — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:28:33 +0000

Sajjad Mardani Wins Silver at World Taekwondo Grand Prix

According To Iran News, Iran’s Sajjad Mardani claimed a silver medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final in Moscow, Russia on Saturday.

The Iranian athlete lost to his South Korean rival In Kyo-don in the +80kg final.

Mardani failed to book an Olympic berth despite winning the silver medal.

Arman Hadipour in men’s under-58 kilograms and Mirhashem Hosseini in under-68kg failed to win medal but qualified for the Olympics thank to their rankings.

A total of 128 athletes from 42 countries competed at the Dynamo Sports Palace on December 6 and 7.

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Four Taekwondo Athletes to Represent Iran at World Grand Prix Final

reporter 1222 — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:09:47 +0000

Four Taekwondo Athletes to Represent Iran at World Grand Prix Final

According To Iran News, Iran will participate at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final in Moscow, Russia with four representatives.

A total of 128 athletes from 42 countries are expected to compete at the Dynamo Sports Palace on December 6 and 7.

The competition is the last opportunity for vital ranking points prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Arman Hadipour in men’s under-58 kilograms, Mirhashem Hosseini and Soroush Ahmadi in under-68kg and Sajad Mardani in over-80kg will represent Iran in the prestigious competition.

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Serbian Taekwondo Tournament; Iran Becomes Runner-Up

reporter 1222 — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 08:08:37 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran finished in second place at the Galeb Belgrade Trophy Serbia Open G1 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday.

The two-day Serbian Taekwondo Tournament competition runs in Belgrade’s “Aleksandar Nikolic” Hall.

Iran finished in second place with 20 points, bagging two gold medals, one silver and three bronzes.

Soroush Ahmadi and Mir Hashem Hosseini won two gold medals at the -68kg and -74kg, respectively.

Armin Hadipour claimed a silver at the -58kg and Farzan Ashourzadeh (-63kg). Sajjad Mardani (+87) and Saeid Rajabi (+87kg) won three bronze medals.

Mexico won the title with 24 points then won three gold medals and one silver at Serbian Taekwondo Tournament.

After that, Australia came third with 14 points with two gold medals.

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Iranian Taekwondo Athletes Win Two Bronzes at CISM Military World Games

reporter 1222 — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:19:07 +0000

Iranian Taekwondo Athletes Win Two Bronzes at CISM Military World Games

According To Iran News, Two taekwondo athletes from Iran claimed two bronze medals at the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games on Thursday.

Mohammad Hasan Palangafkan seized a bronze in the men’s -58kg after defeating his South Korean rival 13-9 in the bronze medal match.

Uzbekistan’s Rashitov Ulugbek won the gold medal after beating Liang Yushuai from China.

Also, Mohammad Mehdi Emadi claimed a bronze medal in the men’s -68kg after beating the Bulgarian athlete 20-9.

Brazil’s Edival Marques beat Sardor Toirov from Uzbekistan in the final match.

Nearly 10,000 military personnel from over 100 countries are competing in the games in central China’s Wuhan.

The competition is scheduled to run through Sunday (October 27).

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Iran adds two medals to tally at World Taekwondo Grand Prix

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 05:11:26 +0000

Armin Hadipour settled for the silver medal of men’s -58kg with a defeat against South Korea’s Jang Jun in the final bout. Bronze medals of this category went to Italy’s Vito Dell’Aquila and Adrián Vicente from Spain.

Also, in men’s +80kg, Iran’s Sajjad Mardani managed to win a bronze medal despite suffering from a leg injury. South Korea’s Kyo-don snatched gold medal of this weight with a 6-5 victory over Russian Vladislav Larin in the final match.

Earlier, Mirhashem Hosseini had won the gold medal of men’s -68kg category in the event.

Top competitors are awarded ranking points towards the World Taekwondo world ranking which could help them qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The prestigious competition was held at the Chiba Port Arena, in Chiba, Japan from September 13 to 15.

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