Asian Para Taekwondo Championships:
Iranians complete clean sweep of 12 medals
Iranians enjoyed a prolific day at the Asian Para Taekwondo Championships, completing a clean sweep of 12 medals, including triple golds, in Kuching, Malaysia on Friday.
Alireza Bakht (-80kg) and Hamed Haqshenas (+80kg) – two Paralympic bronze medalists last year in Paris – bagged a couple of golds in men’s competitions, while Marzieh Nasrollahi walked away with the ultimate prize in the women’s +65kg class.
Amirmohammad Haqiqatshenas (-70kg) and Saeid Sadeqianpour (-63kg) were the Iranian silver medalists in the men’s draw, with Maryam Abdollahpour settling for a runner-up spot in the women’s -57kg event.
Zahra Rahimi, who won a Paralympic silver in Paris, took the bronze in the -57kg class after a loss to Abdollahpour in an all-Iranian semifinal.
Elsewhere, Mahdi Pour-Rahnama (men’s -80kg), Taha Hassanpour (men’s -58kg), Leila Mirzaei (women’s -65kg), Aylar Jami (women’s -47kg), and Roza Ebrahimi (women’s -52kg) added five bronzes to Iran’s medal haul.