Iranian athletes bagged four silver medals on the second day of the 25th Asian Taekwondo Championships underway in Chuncheon, South Korea.
Mobina Ne’matzadeh and Nastaran Valizadeh lost their final matches to their Chinese and South Korean rivals in women’s 49 kg and 62 kg weight categories and received silver medals.
At men’s 58 kg and 74 kg categories, Mehdi Haj-Mousaei and Mir-Hashem Hosseini missed the gold medals when they lost their final combats to South Korean and Uzbek rivals.
The 25th Asian Taekwondo Championships kicked off in Hoban Gym in Chuncheon, northeast Korea, as of June 23 for four days with participation of 386 athletes from 32 countries.
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According to a report, four Iranian taekwondo practitioners have bagged four silver medals in the final of their weights in Asian Taekwondo Championships underway in South Korea.
On the second day of the 25th Asian Taekwondo Championship, four Iranian representatives in both men’s and women’s divisions gained a silver medal each after they all lost to their opponents in the final matches.
The 25th Asian Taekwondo Championship is going on in Chuncheon, South Korea on 24–27 June.
Mehdi HajMousaei in his first Asian experience was beaten by his opponent from the host South Korea at -58 kg to grab the first silver medal for Iran. Also in the men’s division, Mir Hashem Hosseini at -74 kg category lost 2-0 to his Uzbek rival in the final to win a second silver for Iran.
In the women’s division, Mobina Nematzadeh faced a Chinese opponent in the final of -49 kg and lost to bag the third silver for the Iranian national team.
Also in the women’s division in the weight category of 62 kg, Nastaran Valizadeh lost to a fighter from South Korea 2-0 to clinch the fourth silver medal for her country.
