TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Sara Bahmanyar of Iran claimed a bronze medal in the 2025 AKF Senior Championships underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

She defeated Palestine’s Ibaa Salama 5-3 in her opening match but lost to Uzbekistan’s Gulshan Alimardanova 2-1.

Bahmanyar then earned two wins over Indonesian Arnella Putri Wandari 7-0 and Chinese Taipei’s Hsin-Yu Chan 4-3.

The competition is being held in Tashkent from May 23 to 25.

The competition serves as a qualification for the 2025 World Senior Individual Championships, scheduled for November in Cairo, Egypt.

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