Iran defeats Russia in 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships
Iran men’s national taekwondo team has pulled out a narrow win at the 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships in Azerbaijan, overcoming the Russian squad.
On Monday, the opening day of the competitions at the Sarhadchi Olympic Sports Complex in the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku, the Iranian team conceded the first two sets (4-6 and 9-10) to the European side.
The Persians, however, came from behind in the decider and managed to achieve a 16-15 result, sealing their final victory.
Iran men’s national taekwondo team is put in Group A of the group stage of the sports event, and has joined Russia, South Korea and Turkey.
Group B consists of Azerbaijan, Belgium and the United States.
The top two teams in each group (seven teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage.
The 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships started in Baku, Azerbaijan, on December 12, and concludes on Tuesday.
The names on the roster of the Iranian men’s team include Farzan Ashourzadeh, Abolfazl Yaqoubi, Mehdi Jalali, Masoud Hajizavareh, Siavash Fakhraei and Masoud Saeed Rajabi.
The Iranian outfit is under the tutelage of Bijan Moghanloo as head coach, and Alireza Nasr Azadani and Hadi Afshar coach the Iranian taekwondo practitioners.
Earlier, Iranian taekwondo fighter Sajjad Mardani could claim a gold medal in the male over 80-kilogram weight category of the 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final. Mardani beat Russia’s Vladislav Larin 4-3 and won the honor.
Roman Kuznetsov of Russia fought a smart and mobile fight against 21-year-old Nigerien taekwondo athlete Abdoul Razak Issoufou Alfaga in the bronze medal match, and took the medal with a 2-1 win.
Attended by a total of top 64 taekwondo practitioners of the world, the event was statged in four weight categories between December 9 and 10 in Baku.
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