According to IRNA, the fourth edition of the Asian Open Games was held in Islamabad from November 10th to November 13th, with the presence of 536 participants, and four national team members of our country won 4 gold medals and Hassan Bashiri won silver.
On the last day of the competition, Armin Hadipour, with the presence of 38 taekwondo athletes in the weight of -58 kg, first faced a rest draw and defeated “Gupta” from Nepal 2-0 in the sixteenth round. In the 18th round, he beat the representative of Sri Lanka, Telika, with the same result. Then he went to the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over “Rasul” from Pakistan.
In the semi-final, he defeated “Youssef Zaki” representing Egypt 2-1, and won the gold medal by winning the fight with “Jesorbek” from Kazakhstan in the final.
In the 68-kg category, 33 taekwondo players were present, and Mohammad Sadeq Dehghani defeated “Monir” from Pakistan in two rounds after a rest period, and then defeated “Mahara” from South Korea with this result. Dehghani won 2-0 against Versat from Kazakhstan in the quarter round and reached the semi-finals.
In the semi-final stage, he defeated the representative of Uzbekistan “Najmuddin” 2-0, and in the final match against “Eldar” from Kazakhstan, he won and won the gold medal.
It should be noted that on the first and second day of the competition, Daniyal Gargiri won the gold medal in the weight of -74 kg and Farzan Ashourzadeh in the weight of -63 kg.
The national taekwondo team of our country won 5 gold and silver medals in this tournament with the presence of 5 representatives.
Mohammad Sadegh Dehghani also won the title of the most technical player.
Majid Aflaki is the leader of the national team in this event. Jalal Khodami accompanies him as a coach. Also, Toraj Khoshrozi is also the manager of the national team.