The silver medal of Italy around the neck of the Iranian woman wearing a hood

According to Fars news agency, the first stage of the Grand Prix competitions in 2023 has started today, Friday, June 19, with the women’s -57 kg, men’s -68 and +80 kg competitions in the city of “Rome” in Italy, where “Nahid Kiani, “Metin Rezaei, Abolfazl Abbasi and Alireza Nadalian” are the representatives of Iran in these competitions.

“Nahid Kiani”, the golden taekwondo player of our country in the 2023 World Championships in Baku, weight -57 kg, fought in the first meeting with “Phanapa Harnesjun” the world champion in 2019 from Thailand and won and then in a tough fight against “Nada Laraj” The fifth person in the ranking went from Morocco and this opponent was also ahead of him.

In the 57-kg quarter-finals of the 2023 Rome Grand Prix, Kayani reached the semi-finals of his weight by winning 2 rounds against Chialing, the representative of Chinese Taipei and the world runner-up in 2022 and 2023, as well as the Tokyo Olympic champion. Kiani faced Kim from South Korea in the semi-final match of the 2023 Rome Grand Prix and was able to defeat his opponent in a close and sensitive match 2-1 and went to the final.

The worthy representative of Iran in the finals of the 57-kg category of the Rome Grand Prix competition lost to the legendary Taekwondo champion “Jade Jones” in 2 rounds and settled for the silver medal.

In addition, Alireza Nadaliyan, Abulfazl Abbasi and Metin Rezaei were eliminated from the competition after losing to their opponents.

This tournament will be hosted by Italy in Rome for 3 days with the participation of 253 taekwondo players from 53 countries.

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