According to IRNA, آزاد South Korea آزاد Freestyle Taekwondo Tournament, which started yesterday with the participation of 393 taekwondo fighters from 36 countries, ended today, Thursday, July 29, in the Kyurgi section.
On the second day, the competitions were followed in the weights of -63, -68, -74 and -87 kg. And Mir Hashem Hosseini won the silver medal in the weight of -74 kg.
In the 63-kg weight category, Matin Rezaei defeated Tajikistan 2-1 in the first round in the Mammadjan round-robin count, and then in the round-off 2-1 (Rezaei 9-12 in the first round – Rezaei 5 in the second round and 8-5) left the result to “Yun” from South Korea. In the same weight category, Mohammad Sadegh Dehghani started his career with a 2-0 victory over Soroka from Japan, and in the round of 16, he won 2-1 (12-0 in the first round of Dehghani, 14-7 in the second round of Dehghani) from Al-Mabrouk Dam. It passed through Saudi Arabia and reached the quarterfinals. In this stage, Dehghani lost to Choi from South Korea in 2 rounds and failed to win a medal.
In this weight also; Farzan Ashourzadeh, another representative of Iran, defeated “Lee Min Yeong” from South Korea 2-0 in the first round 2-0 (10-5 first round of Ashourzadeh, 7-5 of the second round of Ashourzadeh). In the quarterfinals, Ashourzadeh, the representative of Iranian Taekwondo, withdrew from the competition by conceding the result in both rounds against “Yang” from China.
In the weight of -68 kg, our team had two representatives. In the first match, Mohammad Mehdi Emadi lost 2 to 1 to “Hun” from South Korea and was eliminated from the competition. Daniel Bozorgi, the other weightlifter, took a break after a round, defeating Tajikistan’s Shumakhmatov in two consecutive rounds in the round of 16 and 2-1 in the quarter-finals against Lee of South Korea. Bozorgi in the first round, 11-1, winner of the second round of Bozorgi and Barberti, representative of Korea in the third round) lost and were eliminated.
In the 74-kg weight category, two valuable gold and bronze medals were won by Amir Mohammad Bakhshi and Mirhashem Hosseini. Mir Hashem Hosseini in the round of 16 final 2 to 1 (first round winner Zhang, 9-zero second round winner Hosseini – winner of third round Hosseini) crossed the “Zhang” dam in South Korea and then against “Bio” from the host country with the same result ( 11-6 in the first round of Korea, 11-9 Hosseini – Hosseini in the third round won) and reached the semi-finals. At this stage, Hosseini lost 2-0 and with the results (Hosseini was warned every 2 rounds) against “Kim”, another Korean taekwondo fighter, and won a bronze medal.
Amir Mohammad Bakhshi defeated Xenon of Lebanon 2-0 in the same weight and in the round of 16 (8-2 first round – winner of the second round) and then defeated Kim of South Korea in 2 rounds. And reached the semi-finals. At this stage, in two consecutive rounds (5: 2 and 11: 3), he defeated “Sujin” from China and reached the final match. Part of the gold medal defeated another “Kim” from South Korea in two rounds and won the gold medal.
In the 87-kg weight category, Ali Ahmadi, the worthy representative of our country, defeated Kantos (3-0, 9-1, Ahmadi) from the Philippines in the first match 2-0. In the quarterfinals, with the same result (Ahmadi won the first round and Ahmadi won the 4-11 round), he defeated “Mabrouk” from Saudi Arabia and then with a 2: 1 victory over “Kim” from South Korea (7: 3 from South Korea). , 2 breaks and 10 to 5 Ahmadi) reached the final. In the final, Ahmadi competed against another host taekwondo fighter, Park, and lost the match in a close 2-1 round (South Korea won first round – Ahmadi won second round, South Korea won 3-6, third round) and lost to Received a valuable silver medal.
Our national team won one gold, two silver and six bronze medals in these competitions. For the Iranian national team, Amir Mohammad Bakhshi (gold), Mehdi Haji Mosaei and Ali Ahmadi (silver), Mirhashem Hosseini, Ali Najafi, Mehran Barkhordari, Ali Eshkorian and Alireza Nadalian (bronze) won in the South Korean Open.