Iranian taekwondokas bag 30 medals in S Korea competitions
Iranian athletes won 30 medals in the 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo of Hanmadang, South Korea, which was held with the participation of taekwondo athletes from 58 countries. Iranian taekwondo practitioners snatched 17 gold, eight silver and five bronze medals during the four-day event, which ended on Monday at the 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo of Hanmadang in South Korea.
Iranian gold medalists in the competitions comprised of Mohammad Hossein Artman (two medals), Nima Faraji, Jalal Aqdam (two medals), Hadi Rajabi, Ronak Hosseinzadeh, Zahra Joudaki, Behnam Mohammadi, Hadi Asefi, Abolhassan Shahvardi, Firouz Asbaqi, Farnaz Amini, Niloufar Farahani, and Leili Alidoust (two golds).
The eight silver medals of Iran were also won by Amin Aramesh Far, Ahmad Bahram, Ronak Hosseinzadeh, Maliheh Asadi, Akbar Ghaffari, Shakiba Soltani, Niloufar Farahani, Reza Mohammadian and Hossein Samadi. Also, Laila Kashwari, Mahboubeh Shafizadeh, Maliheh Asadi, Behnam Mohammadi and Hadi Asefi won five bronze medals for Iran.
Hanmadang is a Taekwondo Festival for competitions including the essentials of martial arts such as breaking, self-defense, and poomsae, which is held every year by the World Taekwondo Academy (Kukkiwon).