Publish Date: 7 February 2023 - 16:10

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – 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 Mohammad 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 up today.

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