According to IRNA, the ninth edition of the 2021 World Paragliding Championships started yesterday (Saturday, December 10) with the participation of 264 Hugopush from 41 countries, hosted by Istanbul, Turkey, and ended today (Sunday).
The national men’s parakwando team of our country, which had participated in these competitions with four representatives, succeeded in winning 2 gold medals (Mehdi Pourrehnama, Hamed Haghshenas) and climbing one step compared to the previous round, standing on the second platform of the 2021 World Cup and the runner-up cup. Raise the championship. Russia became the champion and Kazakhstan stood on the third platform.
Also, Mehdi Pourrehnama, a worthy parakwandokar of our country, who won the gold of this period of competitions, was selected as the most technical player.
In the women’s section, Mahtab Nabavi, a worthy and zealous parakwando girl of our country, stood on the world championship platform.
Saeed Sadeghianpour, Mehdi Pourrehnama, Alireza Bakht and Hamed Haghshenas formed the national men’s taekwondo team; Fatemeh Dodangeh, Mahtab Nabavi and Raiha Shahab were part of the national women’s parakwando team.
Payam Khanlarkhani was the head coach and Mehdi Ahmadi was the head coach of the men’s national taekwondo team; Our country’s para-taekwondo fighters also competed under the guidance of Atefeh Keshavarz as head coach.
These competitions are 14G and the first to third persons will be awarded 140, 84 and 50/40 points, respectively, in order to increase the Olympic ranking.
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