Iran’s Sanda team defended its title at the World Wushu Championships held in Shanghai, China.

According To Iran News,

Iranian women won three gold medals and men’s practitioners also claimed five gold medals.

Shahrbano Mansouriyan (70kg), Maryam Hashemi (75kg) and Elaheh Mansouriyan (75kg) claimed three golds in the women’s section.

Iranian men’s practitioners Erfan Ahangarian (65kg), Ali Khorshidi (80kg), Mohsen Mohammad Seifi (70kg), and Milad Arefi (85kg) and Yousef Sabri (75kg) won five gold medals.

Talolu practitioner Mohammad Ali Mojiri also won a gold medal in the nandao discipline.

Hanieh Rajabi won two silvers in the nandao and nangun and Zahra Kiani seized a bronze in the changquan discipline.

Players from 102 countries and regions participated in the competition, the most high-level contest within the Wushu sport.

Host China sits top of the table with 10 gold medals and one bronze in Sanada and Taolu, followed by Iran with seven golds, two silvers and one bronze.

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According To Iran News, Hanieh Rajabi from Iran won a silver medal at the 15th edition of the World Wushu Championships on Tuesday.

The Taolu practitioner came second in the nandao discipline with 9.490.

Malaysian Cheong Min Tan claimed the gold medal with the score of 9.610 and bronze medal went to Uzbekistan’s Darya Latisheva with 9.483.

Iranian wushu practitioners have already claimed four goal medals in the competition.

Maryam Hashemi, Shahrbano Mansouriyan and Elaheh Mansouriyan won three gold medals in Sanda events.

Mansouriyan defeated Brazilian Raine Cristina De Oliveira Martins in the women’s 70kg final bout.

In the women’s 75kg, Maryam Hashemi defeated Indian athlete Poonam and won a gold medal.

And Elaheh Mansouriyan seized a gold after defeating Ece Çakır from Turkey in the final match of the women’s 65kg category.

Talolu practitioner Mohammad Ali Mojiri also won a gold medal in the nandao discipline.

The competitions are being held in Shanghai, China from October 17 to 23.

Players from 102 countries and regions have participated in the competition, the most high-level contest within the Wushu sport.

Host China sits top of the table with seven gold medals, followed by Iran with four golds.

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According To Iran News, Shahrbanoo Mansouriyan and Maryam Hashemi from Iran claimed two gold medals at the 15th edition of the World Wushu Championships on Monday.

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