According to IRNA; Karate One Baku competition started from Friday and will continue until Sunday evening. 347 athletes from 58 countries are participating in this event.
Iran has also participated in these competitions in both women’s and men’s divisions.
The results of Iranian representatives on the first day
Men’s section
In the weight minus 67 kg, Amir Mahdizadeh competed with Rafiz Hasanof from Azerbaijan and Ali Al-Sawi from Egypt in group four and first lost to the host representative 1-0 and then lost 3-1 to the Egyptian representative and withdrew from the competition.
Mehdizadeh, who had a problem with Shahram Heravi, the head coach of Iran’s national karate team, talked to this coach for a few minutes before the start of today’s competition to clear up the confusion.
In minus 75 kg weight, Bahman Asgari first defeated Carlos Bargados from Spain eight to zero and Bebaris Zhangbir from Kazakhstan four to two and made his way to the elimination round. In the elimination stage, Asgari beat Andriy Zeplitny from Ukraine 1-0 and then won against Duarte from Portugal 4-2 and reached the finals to make a brilliant return to international competitions after his suspension. Asgari on Sunday evening in The final will be played on the mat.
Women’s section
Fatemeh Sadeghi was declared the loser in the individual kata in the first match due to not observing the color of the dress and appearing on the tatami one minute late, and she did not appear on the tatami in the next 2 matches to withdraw from the competition round.
Weight minus 50 kg, Sara Bahmanyar first defeated Christina Osvilnova from Bulgaria and then Gemma Morales from Spain with similar results three to one and went to the elimination stage. At this stage, she defeated Bettina Blank from Austria 4-3 and then defeated Özcelik from Turkey 2-1 and became a finalist to face Salazar from Venezuela on Sunday evening to win the gold medal.
Weight minus 55 kg, Khaksar’s freshness first beat Ivana Kamenova from Bulgaria 5-0 and then tied with Vernikaburusan from Ukraine. In the third group match, he defeated Viola Lalo from Italy with a score of 4:3 and advanced.
At this stage, he was 1-0 against Angelica Truloja from Ukraine, but he was Hansuko (four warnings) to leave the mat with a defeat, but he reached the classification to face Tobi Yakan from Turkey on Sunday to reach the bronze medal.
tomorrow saturday Rosita Alipour, Mobina Heydari and Walila Barjali in the women’s section and Zabihullah Pourshib in the men’s section will face their opponents.
Classification competitions and finals of different weights will be held on Sunday.