Iran receives ten medals in Asian Karate Championships
Iranian male and female karate practitioners have collected ten medals, including two gold ones, at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships in Japan.
On Saturday, Iran’s 25-year-old karateka Hamideh Abbasali overwhelmed her competitors in the march to the final bout of the women’s over 68-kilogram kumite division in Japan’s second largest city of Yokohama. She emerged triumphant in the last competition and claimed the gold.
Sajjad Ganjzadeh conceded a 2-4 defeat to his Japanese rival in the final encounter of the men’s over 84-kilogram kumite class and was awarded the silver medal.
The Iranian team, comprising Reza Khodashenas, Seyyed Jamshid Hosseini and Behnam Ghasemi, also claimed the third spot and received a bronze medal in the men’s kata class.
The Iranian women’s outfit, which included Parisa Rahmani, Mehri Yazdani and Maedeh Nasiri also claimed the bronze medal in the kata category.
Zabihollah Poursheib and Elaheh Rezadadeh also won bronze medals in the men’s minus 84-kilogram and women’s minus 68-kilogram kumite third-place contests.
The achievements came a day after Amir Mahdizadeh picked up the first gold medal for Iran in the men’s minus 60-kilogram kumite section after defeating his Taiwanese competitor 9-0.
Saeed Ahmadi pocketed a silver medal in the men’s minus 67-kilogram kumite competitions, Sahar Karaji bagged another silver medal in the women’s minus 50-kilogram contests, and Mehran Ghorbanalipour clinched the bronze in the men’s individual kata division.
The 13th edition of the Asian Karate Championships started in the Japanese city of Yokohama on September 3 and will wrap up on September 6.
The international sport event has brought together 285 male and female karate practitioners from 33 countries, including Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
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