Iran’s national team that had participated in the first WT Grand Slam with five athletes in the men’s section and two in women’s, left the competitions with a bronze medal.
In the competitions held on Saturday (January 20), Farzan Ashourzadeh (-58kg) was defeated against Korean Kim Tae-hun after triumphing over Jack Wooley from Ireland. Ebrahim Safari from the same weight division lost to his Chinese rival and left the competitions.
Sajjad Mardani won a bronze in +80kg weight division in the third week of the competitions after scoring wins against South Koean Seung-Hwan Lee (12-11), Azerbaijani Radik Isaev (11-7) and Croatian Veran Golec (9-4).
The first World Taekwondo Grand Slam is held in December 2017 to January 2018 in Wuxi, China with athletes from around the world vying for titles.
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