
According to IRNA, the 2021 World Deaf Taekwondo Championships in Kyurogi with 41 taekwondo fighters from Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan started today (Monday) at the Tehran Taekwondo House. And in the end, after the Russian and Iranian teams that won the first and second titles, the Ukrainian taekwondo fighters won the third title.
At the end of the competition, Marzieh Khoshhaval, who weighed less than 49 kg, had a break in the first round, won 16-5 in the second round against the representative of Kazakhstan, and won a bronze medal after losing to a Russian opponent.
Fatemeh Dreshti won the first round 23-2 against Kyrgyzstan. In the next round, they won 12-2 against their Uzbek opponent, and in the third game in the golden round, they lost to the Turkish opponent and won a bronze medal.
In the weight category of minus 57 kg, Fatemeh Zahra Zelikani won the first fight against Russia and was eliminated from the competition in the second round after losing to her opponent.
Parasto Bagheri also won the first match against Uzbekistan 4-3, in the second round he defeated Russia 10-8, and in the third match he defeated Ukraine 17-8, and in the final he lost to his Russian opponent and won silver.
In the weight category of minus 67 kg, Nasibeh Shahbazi defeated Turkey 8-7 in the first round, lost 14-15 in the second game against Ukraine and won a bronze medal.
Hamideh Shabanpour won the first match 10-4 against the Uzbek athlete. In the second round, it defeated Russia 8-7 and in the final, it lost to its Ukrainian opponent 12-7 and won the silver medal.
In the weight category of 67 kg, Fatemeh Tavakoli had a rest in the first round, in the second game she won 5-8 against South Korea, and in the third game she lost to her opponent and won a bronze medal.
Maryam Rahimi lost 16-18 in the first match against Uzbekistan and was eliminated from the competition.
In a ceremony attended by Maryam Kazemipour, Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, Mehran Tishegaran and Mohammad Poladgar, President of the Deaf and Taekwondo Sports Federations, Mohammad Pargar, President of the Asia-Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation and Jung, Technical Director of the Deaf and Dumb Taekwondo The championship cup was awarded to the first to third teams.
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