According to IRNA; The Muaythai World Championships, hosted by the UAE city of Abu Dhabi, will start on Friday with the participation of 800 athletes from 100 countries in the under-23 age groups and adults, and will continue for 15 months.
Today, Tuesday, in the continuation of these competitions, in the 54-kg weight category of the under-23 age group, Armita Soleimani defeated Fatma Fayez of Egypt in the quarterfinals with a result of 30 to 25.
In the adult + 91 kg weight category, Behnam Safari reached the semi-finals with a victory over Hadi Behjat from Lebanon.
Yasser Parmehr won the adult 51-kg weight class against Hussein Al-Dubai of Iraq with a score of 27:30 and advanced to the semifinals.
The culmination of the work of our country’s representatives in today’s competitions was the struggle of Massoud Abdolmaleki and Joseph Mueller, a well-known American weightlifter in the 63.5 kg weight category. Abdul Maliki in this match, by presenting a brave and fighting fight, was able to knock out his opponent in the third round and ended this match in his favor. The American athlete finally got out of the ring on a stretcher.
In other fights today, Saber Saeedi defeated Saleh of Palestine 20-18 in the 86-kg adult quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals.
In the 91-kg adult category, Hamidreza Kordabadi advanced to the semi-finals with a convincing victory over Zharkiev of Kazakhstan.
In the 81-kg weight category for adults, Ramin Alizadeh, despite a close fight, was stopped 28-29 against the Iraqi representative and failed to reach the semifinals.
Anahita Sadeghi in the 57-kg weight category in the under-23 category could not reach the semifinals after losing to an opponent from Morocco.
The campaign program of our country’s representatives on Wednesday, June 4:
Men under 23 years old
In the 54-kg weight class, Mehrdad Khanzadeh will have to compete against Ibrahim Mammadov of Kazakhstan to reach the final.
In the 86-kg weight category, Alireza Zeinali will play in the semi-final match against Ahmed Hailat from Palestine.
Women under 23 years old
In the 54-kg weight category, Armita Soleimani will compete in the semi-finals with Moa Carlson from Sweden.
In the 60-kg weight category, Fatemeh Hosseini will face Bang Ti Mai from Vietnam in the semi-final match.
In the 63.5-kg weight category, Faezeh Afzali is leading Reina Goymarz from Brunei to reach the final.
In the semi-final fight of the 67-kg weight category, Tarnam Ahmadi will face Manatala Maseri from Egypt.
In the 71-kg weight category semi-final, Mobina Mirzapour will face Kazakhstan’s Alyona Ozherdova.
Saba Chenari, representing the 75-kg weight category, will fight Maria Lisa from Laos in the semi-finals.
In the 75 + kg weight category semi-final match, Sima Niknam will fight against Nabila Aladdin Hassan from Egypt.