World Taekwondo Championship | Aflaki’s Students Finish as Runners-Up / Return to the World Podium After 8 Years

According to the Sedaye Sama News Agency, The 27th World Taekwondo Championships were held from October 24 to 30 in Wuxi, China, with the participation of 898 athletes from 179 countries. Iranian national team members won a gold medal by Abolfazl Zandi, a silver medal by Mehdi Haji-Mousaee, and a bronze medal by Amir-Sina Bakhtiari.

At the end of the competition, according to the World Taekwondo Federation, the Iranian men’s team finished as the world runners-up with one gold, one silver, and one bronze. South Korea claimed the championship for the 25th time with two golds, one silver, and two bronzes, while Brazil ranked third with one gold and one silver. This marked Iran’s return to the world podium after eight years, following 2017.

In the women’s category, the Turkish team performed impressively, winning three golds, one silver, and one bronze to claim the championship. Brazil and Hungary each won one gold and one silver, ranking second and third respectively, while China and Chinese Taipei placed fourth and fifth.

Overall, the Turkish team had the best medal performance with three golds, two silvers, and two bronzes. South Korea (two golds, two silvers, two bronzes) and Brazil (two golds, two silvers) ranked second and third. Tunisia, with two golds, was fourth, and Iran and Uzbekistan, each with one gold, one silver, and one bronze, were fifth.

A total of 27 countries won medals in the men’s and women’s competitions. Notably, China achieved an impressive result with seven bronze medals in eight women’s weight categories.

Other top awards included:

• Best Cooperation: Portugal

• Fair Play Award: New Caledonia

• Best Male Player: On-soo Seo (South Korea)

• Best Female Player: Luana Marton (Hungary)

• Best Women’s Coach: Ali Sari (Turkey)

• Best Men’s Coach: Yun Bae Nam (South Korea)

• Best Referees: Laith Othman (Jordan, men), Susan Boyd Diaz (Panama, women)

Men’s Eight Weight Categories Medalists:

• 54 kg: 1. On-soo Seo (KOR), 2. Furkan Obide Çamoglu (TUR), 3. Jakhongir Khodayberdiev (UZB) & Aristidis Nikolaos Psaros (GRE)

• 58 kg: 1. Abolfazl Zandi (IRI), 2. Georgi Gortsev (Neutral), 3. Kifen Huang (CHN) & Gashim Magomedov (AZE)

• 63 kg: 1. Mohamed Khalil Jandoubi (TUN), 2. Mehdi Haji-Mousaee (IRI), 3. Jun Jang (KOR) & Mahmoud Al-Tarireh (JOR)

• 68 kg: 1. Banlong Tobtimdang (THA), 2. Yoheon Sung (KOR), 3. Mykol Rodriguez (USA) & Matija Krep (CRO)

• 74 kg: 1. Najmuddin Qosimkhojiev (UZB), 2. Edival Pontes (BRA), 3. Magomed Abdelsalamov (Neutral-RUS) & Amir-Sina Bakhtiari (IRI)

• 80 kg: 1. Henrique Marquez Rodrigues Fernandes (BRA), 2. Xiang Chizhang (CHN), 3. Artem Mitroev (Neutral-RUS) & Seo Geon Woo (KOR)

• 87 kg: 1. Saif Eissa (EGY), 2. Simone Alciò (ITA), 3. Artem Harbar (UKR) & Shimon Piontkowski (POL)

• +87 kg: 1. Sanghyun Kang (KOR), 2. Rafael Ayukayev (Neutral-RUS), 3. Kaiden Cunningham (GBR) & Jonathan Healy (USA)

Women’s Eight Weight Categories Medalists:

• 46 kg: 1. Emine Gökbakan (TUR), 2. Milana Bekulova (Neutral), 3. Aidana Komartaieva (KAZ) & Xi Yi Wang (CHN)

• 49 kg: 1. Yu-Yun Liu (TPE), 2. Elif Sude Akgül (TUR), 3. Nodira Akhmedova (UZB) & Xiaolu Fu (CHN)

• 53 kg: 1. Merve Dençel (TUR), 2. Dunya Abu Taleb (KSA), 3. Jana Khattab (JOR) & Zhang Chu Ling (CHN)

• 57 kg: 1. Maria Clara Pacheco (BRA), 2. Yu-Jin Kim (KOR), 3. Fadia Kharfan (JOR) & Zongxi Luo (CHN)

• 62 kg: 1. Wafa Mesghouni (TUN), 2. Viviana Marton (HUN), 3. Gabriela Blouet (AUS) & Chen Shi Min (CHN)

• 67 kg: 1. Luana Marton (HUN), 2. Milena Titoneli (BRA), 3. Lena Moreno Reisez (ESP) & Elizabeth Oluchi Anyanako (NGA)

• 73 kg: 1. Sarah Chaari (BEL), 2. Kimi Lorin Ousin (CIV), 3. Sude Yarn Ozoncadar (TUR) & Zeqi Zhu (CHN)

• +73 kg: 1. Nafia Kush Aydin (TUR), 2. Svetlana Osipova (UZB), 3. Lauren Williams (GBR) & Wen Zhe Mo (CHN)

Source: Tasnim