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: Taekwondo athlete Arian Salimi of Iran claimed a gold medal in the 2024 Olympic Games Saturday night.
Sunday 11 August 2024 - 15:00
Story Code : 426281
Source : Tehran Times
Iran taekwondo athlete Arian Salimi wins gold: Paris Olympics 2024
Salimi, 21, had defeated Uzbekistan’s Nikita Rafalovich, Mexican Carlos Sansores and Ivan Šapina of Croatia on his way to the final.
Cuban Rafael Alba and Cheick Sallah Cissé from Ivory Coast had won bronze medals earlier in the day.
Iranian female taekwondo athletes Nahid Kiani in the -57kg and Mobina Nematzadeh in the -49kg had won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.
Mehran Barkhordari had also won a silver medal in the men's -80kg.
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