Muaythai World Championships:
Iranians impress with eight medals
The Iranian muaythai squad collected eight medals to cap off an impressive campaign at the IFMA World Championships in Kemer, Turkey.
Iranian girl Asal Zaferanlou tallied 8.63 points to walk away with the gold medal in the under-23 wai kru mixed contests on Friday, taking her personal tally to two medals in Kemer following a third-place finish in the female event.
Dina Kalvandi, meanwhile, settled for a silver medal in the women’s senior wai kru event, with 8.6 points.
The two Iranian girls had also teamed up earlier in the competition to bag the bronze in the under-23 team category.
Elsewhere, Matin Panaghi won a precious gold medal in the para-amputee contests, while Alireza Zeinali, Ali-Asghar Abbasi, and Arezou Doustian added triple bronzes to Iran’s medal haul across different weight and age classes in the men’s and women’s elite comeptitions.