In male’s kumite +84kg category, Sajjad Ganjzadeh gained a gold medal after defeating Turkey’s Alparslan Yamanoglu 2-0 in the final match. Saleh Abazari of Iran and Germany’s Jonathan Horne won silver medals of this category.
Ukraine’s Stanislav Horuna edged Iran’s Ali Asghar Asiabari 9-8 in a nail-biting final match of male’s kumite -75kg category. Azerbaijan’s Rafael Aghayev and Japan’s Ken Nishimura bagged the category’s bronze medals.
In the female’s kumite -55Kg, Taravat Khaksar claimed a bronze by beating her Japanese opponent Sara Yamad 2-0.
Hamideh Abbasali took Iran’s third bronze in the female’s kumite +68Kg after defeating Ayaka Saito from Japan 4-0.
The three-day event kicked off on Friday with 661 karate practitioners from 78 countries in participation.
The next event of World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1-Premier League in the year 2019 will be held in Shanghai, China, from June 7 to 9.
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