TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Iranian taekwondoka Alireza Hosseinpour snatched a silver medal at the 19th Asian Games underway in China's Hangzhou.

On Tuesday morning, Hosseinpour lost the game against his Thai rival at the final stage in the -63 category and secured the runner-up position.

The 2022 Asian Games also known as Hangzhou 2022 is a continental multi-sport event currently being held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

The Games, delayed a year due to China's measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the country's biggest sporting event in over a decade in several metrics, with around 12,000 athletes from 45 nations competing in 40 sports.

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.

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