Iran earns 2 bronze medals at IFMA Youth World Championships
Iranian Muaythai boxers have managed to take home two bronze medals at the 2016 edition of International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) Youth World Championship in Thailand.
On Tuesday, Arash Delikhoun slumped to his Russian opponent in a minus 60-kilogram contest fought in the Thai capital city of Bangkok, and picked up a bronze medal.
Mehdi Sham’ei also faced a representative from Estonia in the minus 80-kilogram, and lost the bout to earn a bronze.
The 2016 IFMA Muaythai Youth World Championship started in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 24, and will wrap up on September 1.
Muaythai is a combat sport of Thailand, which uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.
It includes combat on shins and is known as “the art of eight limbs.”
Muaythai is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient.
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