TEHRAN– Iranian women Wushu fighters Narges Shahbazi and Diana Rahimi grabbed gold medals at the 2023 SJM 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships underway in Macao.
On the third day of the competition on Saturday, Diana Rahimi faced an opponent from Macao in the final match of the 60-kg of Sanda, during which she managed to knock the opponent and snatched the gold medal of the tournament.
Rahimi had defeated opponents from India and Palestine before advancing to the final match.
Rahimi was recently announced by the International Wushu Federation as the Rising Star of the Year 2022 in the Sanda division. Last year, she also won gold in the Indonesian World Championship.
Earlier on Friday and the second day of the tournament, Narges Shahbazi vied for the top podium in the girl’s Changquan form of the Taolu competitions and registered a dazzling record to clinch the gold medal.
Athletes from Japan and Macao were awarded the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Changquan refers to a family of external martial arts styles from northern China. The forms of the Long Fist style emphasize fully extended kicks and striking techniques, and by appearance would be considered a long-range fighting system.
Earlier, Samyar Sadeghi took part in the boy’s Jianshu form of Talou category on Thursday and stood behind a representative from China to clinch the silver medal.