According to IRNA, the ninth edition of the World Parakwando Championships started yesterday (Saturday) with the participation of 264 Hugopus from 41 countries, hosted by “Istanbul” in Turkey, and will end today.
Haghshenas, the representative of our country weighing 80+ kg, today (Sunday) succeeded in winning the world championship by defeating all competitors.
After a break, Haghshenas fought against “Safar Harputlu” from Turkey in the first match and won 17-8. He then defeated Ivan Medell of the United States 12-3 and secured his bronze medal.
Parakwandokar (80+ kg) defeated Mehmet Sarak of Turkey 8-1 in the semi-finals, and in the final he defeated Ivar Mikulik of Croatia in the golden round despite the injury he suffered in the first match. (5: 5) lost to win the championship of this period of competitions.
“Alireza Bakht” in the weight of minus 80 kg for men and “Raiha Shahab” in the weight of minus 65 for women were also eliminated.
Previously, “Mahdi Pourrehnama” and “Mahtab Nabavi” had won gold medals.
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