TEHRAN – Iran’s Mahdi Khodabakhsi and Saleh Abazari have claimed silver and a bronze medal respectively in 2023 Paris Open Karate Championship.
Khodabakhshi had reached the final match of the minus 84kg after eight victories, but was defeated by the host team’s Abdul Salam to gain only the silver medal.
Saleh Abazari, too, in the semifinal of the plus 84kg faced Buktan Seric from Serbia, whom he beat to win a bronze medal.
Sajjad Ganjzadeh was Iran’s other athlete in the games, but was very soon on the fist day deleted from the winners’ row.
Iran’s other athletes could not attend the international competition because their visas were not issued.