TEHRAN – Iranian sportsmen bagged four medals at (Para) World Taekwondo President’s Cup – Europe 2023 held in Turkey.
Alireza Bakht (-80 kg) snatched gold, Saeed Sadeghianpour (-63 kg) and Hamed Haghshenas (+80 kg) received silver and Amir Muhammad Haghitshenas (-70 kg) took bronze.
Also in the women’s category, Maryam Abdullahpour and Rosa Ebrahimi won gold medals in the -47 and -57 weight classes respectively.
Other taekwondo fighters Romina Chamsourki and Mahtab Nabavi won two bronze medals for Iran.
Some 108 contenders fought at the sporting event in Istanbul.
The two-day Para WT President’s Cup kicked off in the city of Istanbul on Saturday and wrapped on Tuesday.