In the men’s under-73 kilograms, Reza Kalhor of Iran started strongly by winning the first round 9-3 against Munir Furkan Dogru before following up with dominating 11-1 win in the second round and gold, Tehran Times reported.
Moradi was pitted against Sarah Chaari of Belgium with the Iranian taking the opening round 15-8.
Chaari came back in the second round to make the fight interesting and won 9-8.
The Belgian was pumped and full of confidence after that and wrapped the third round and the medal with a 10-6 victory.
Sogand Shiri in the women’s -42kg, Abolfazl Zandi in the men’s -48kg, Mobina Nematzadeh in the women's 49kg and Matin Rezaei in the men's -63kghad previously won four gold medals in the event.
More than 1,250 athletes from 90 countries plus a refugee team compete in Sofia, Bulgaria during the World Championships.
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