According to IRNA, the 32nd Fajr Cup International Taekwondo Championships in the men’s group was held yesterday, March 8, with the participation of 189 taekwondo fighters from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The Emirate and the refugee team started in the Taekwondo House Hall, and ended this evening (Wednesday) with the victory of our national team.
The Iranian national team won the first title by winning seven gold, one silver and 935 points. Uzbekistan finished runner-up with one gold, silver and 192 points, while Azerbaijan finished third with two silver and 124 points. India also finished fourth with one bronze and 37 points.
The winners of this period of competitions were introduced as follows;
Best Coach: Fariborz Askari (Head Coach of Iran National Taekwondo Team)
The most technical taekwondo fighter: Arian Salimi (Iran)
Best Supervisor: Nyamdin Pashayev (Republic of Azerbaijan)
Best judges: Mohammad Qader (Egypt), Ahmad Khodaei and Ali Rahimi (Iran)
Ethics Cup: Refugee Team
On the second day of the competition, today, Wednesday, the even weights were held, which resulted in the following results:
Second weight (58-kg) – 31 participants
First place: Alireza Hosseinpour (Iran)
Second place: Seyed Arian Kheiri (Iran)
Third place: Barbad Jabbari – Alireza Ali Khanzadeh (both Iran)
Fourth weight (68 kg) – 28 participants
First place: Mohammad Mehdi Emadi (Iran)
Second place: Javad Aghayef (Iran)
Third place: Siavash Bayat and Pedram Jamshidi (both from Iran)
Sixth weight (80 kg) – 13 participants
First place: Sukhrat Salif (Uzbekistan)
Second place: Mohammad Hossein Yazdani (Iran)
Third place: Nurlan Mirzabiev (Kazakhstan) – Mohammad Safaei (Iran)
Eighth weight (+87 kg) – 22 participants
First place: Ali Najafi (Iran)
Second place: Radik Isaev (Azerbaijan)
Third place: Ali Ahmadi – Sajjad Mardani (both Iran)