TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Armin Hadipour of Iran claimed a gold medal at the Kazakhstan Open Taekwondo Championships 2015 on Sunday. The Iranian athlete defeated Uzbekistans Valentin Khegay in the -54kg in the final match and won the gold medal. Mohammad Kazemi also from Iran was knocked out in the weight category after being defeated by Kazakhstans ...

Tehran, Aug 27, IRNA Iranian female squad ranked first at the 2nd WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea on Wednesday evening. The Iranian female team managed to grab five gold medals, one silver and one bronze for a total of 83 points. Russia finished second with one gold, three silvers and one bronze for 48 points. The ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Kimia Alizadeh claimed a bronze medal in the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships on Monday. The Iranian -57kg woman player won the first ever medal in the World Taekwondo Championships. Alizadeh defeated Olympic gold medal winner Jade Jones 10-9 in the quarterfinals round but lost to Mayu Hamada from Japan 5-3 in the semifinals ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message congratulated Irans national taekwondo team on winning the title of the 2015 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Russia. I congratulate the taekwondo players and crew of the national team of our dear country Iran on winning the world championship,...

Irans -58kg athleteFarzan Ashourzadeh Fallah hasgrabbed the gold medal in World Taekwando Championshipsat the Traktor Arena of Chelyabinsk, Russia. The 18-year-old Iranian, who made a spectacular comeback against Russias hopeful Ruslan Poiseev in the semifinal, snatched the glittering gold with an 8-3 win over Belgium's Si Mohammed Ketbi in the ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) The World Taekwondo Federation has selected two International Iranian referees to preside over the 2015 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Russia. Sirous Rezaei and Hafez Mahdavi are the two Iranian top ranking referees that have been selected by the World Taekwondo Federation to preside over the 22nd WTF World Taekwondo ...