TEHRAN - Iranian karatekas wrapped-up their campaign at the Moscow Grand Prix by securing12 medals: one gold, four silver, and seven bronze.
the Russian Karate Grand Prix—which began in Moscow on Friday—concluded this evening following the bronze-medal matches and finals in both the men’s and women’s divisions.
In the competitions, Fatemeh-Zahra Saeidabadi reached the final of the -55kg category. In the decisive bout, she defeated Egypt’s Ahlam Youssef—a world champion and the world’s top-ranked athlete—with a score of 4–2, securing Iran’s sole gold medal.
Ali Zand (individual kata), Morteza Nemati (-75kg), Athena Mahboub-Boshari (+68kg), and Mahmoud Nemati (+84kg) won silver medals for the Iranian team.
Masoumeh Mohsenian, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Melika Ezzati, Mehdi Ashouri, Ali-Asghar Asiabari, Mobina Heidari, and Yalda Naghi Beiranvand earned a bronze medal.