Iranian Athletes Bag 3 Golds at Karate 1-Premier League

Date: 06 October 2019 - 21:24

News ID: ۷۱۳۵۹

MOSCOW (Dispatches) – Iranian athletes won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the Karate 1 - Premier League Moscow on Sunday.
Rozita Alipour edged Haya Jumaa from Canada 1-0 in the Female Kumite -61kg final.
Sara Bahmanyar defeated German karate competitor Shara Hubrich 1-0 in the final of the Female Kumite -50kg.
And Zabihollah Poorshab defeated Ryutaro Araga of Japan in the Male Kumite -84kg final to win Iran’s third gold in the competition.
Sajad Ganjzadeh also lost to Georgia's Gogita Arkania 7-3 in the final of Male Kumite +84 and claimed a silver medal.
Earlier on the day, Bahman Asgari Ghoncheh from Iran had claimed a bronze medal at the Male Kumite -75kg by beating his Spanish opponent Rodrigo Ibanez 3-1.
Karate 1 - Premier League Moscow brought 642 competitors together from 85 countries in Moscow, Russia.
The competition started on Friday, October 4 and will continue until Sunday when the medal bouts will be celebrated.