According to IRNA; The ninth edition of the World Parakwando Championships with the participation of 264 Hugopus from 41 countries will start yesterday (Saturday, December 11), hosted by “Istanbul” in Turkey, and will end today.
Today, Sunday, Mehdi Pourrehnama was the representative of our country’s para-taekwondo in the -70 kg weight class who managed to stand on the world championship platform.
After a break, Pourrnama had to fight the American representative in the first step, but Hugo Posh resigned. He then went on to face Russia’s Mataveh Fleflov, 19-15, to secure his bronze medal.
In the semi-finals, the representative of our country in the 70-kg weight category of Parakwando met with “Fatih Selik” from Turkey, the world silver medalist, who won 34-5.
In the final, Pourrehnama also defeated Paralympic and world champion Diego Garcia Lopez of Mexico 3-0 to stand on the podium to add another world gold to his collection of honors.
Payam Khanlarkhani is the head coach and Mehdi Ahmadi is the head coach of the men’s national taekwondo team.
Last night, “Mahtab Nabavi” won a gold medal in the women’s section.
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