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Mexico and Iran claim 2 golds each on day 3 of Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships



SOFIA, Bulgaria (Jul 30, 2022) - Mexico and Iran secured two golds a piece on a day of fantastic action at the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships.

The third day of competition saw young athletes compete across five weight categories with Korea joining Mexico and Iran in winning gold.

In the W-44kg, Parnian Noori from Iran won the first gold of the day as she beat Yada Sangthong from Thailand, 2:0.

Mexico’s Guillermo manuel Cortes Labastida won the M-41kg as he overcame Korea’s Donggun Lee, 2:1.

Dawon Seo was able to go one better than her compatriot Lee as she won gold in the W-55kg, beating Aranya Thakur from India, 2:0.

Axel Daniel Vazquez Montoya won Mexico’s second gold medal of the day as he beat Korea’s Mingyu Kim 2:0 in the M-45kg.

In the last match of the day Hana Zarrinkamar Roudbari secured Iran’s second gold medal of the day as she beat Serbia’s Elena Bradic in the W-59kg.

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Iran's Rezaei wins gold at 2022 World Taekwondo Junior C'ship

He defeated Uzbekistan’s Nazarali Nazarov in the final match of the men's -63kg.

Sogand Shiri in the women’s -42kg, Abolfazl Zandi in the men’s -48kg and Mobina Nematzadeh in the women's 49kg had previously won three gold medals in the event.

More than 1,250 athletes from 90 countries plus a refugee team compete in Sofia, Bulgaria during the World Championships.


Iran's Kalhor wins gold at 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships

In the men’s under-73 kilograms, Reza Kalhor of Iran started strongly by winning the first round 9-3 against Munir Furkan Dogru before following up with dominating 11-1 win in the second round and gold.

Moradi was pitted against Sarah Chaari of Belgium with the Iranian taking the opening round 15-8.

Chaari came back in the second round to make the fight interesting and won 9-8.

The Belgian was pumped and full of confidence after that and wrapped the third round and the medal with a 10-6 victory.

Sogand Shiri in the women’s -42kg, Abolfazl Zandi in the men’s -48kg, Mobina Nematzadeh in the women's 49kg and Matin Rezaei in the men's -63kghad previously won four gold medals in the event.

More than 1,250 athletes from 90 countries plus a refugee team compete in Sofia, Bulgaria during the World Championships.