Men's Taekwondo 18th Asian Games 2018
18th Asian Games Jakarta
Palembang 2018
IR Iran, Uzbekistan win Taekwondo gold
In
Asian Games 2018
Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta
Iranian
and Uzbek taekwondoins each won gold medals in the 2018 Asian Games taekwondo
kyorugi category on the fourth day of the competition. They each won gold in
the men’s 63 kilogram and 80 kg categories at the Jakarta Convention Center in
Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday evening.
Iranian
taekwondoin, Mirhashem Hosseini, succeeded in the 63 kg category after
defeating Chinese athlete Shuai Zhao 17-11.
Meanwhile,
in the 80 kg category, Uzbekistan taekwondoin Nikita Rafalovich won gold after
beating Hwajun Lee from Korea 21-18.
With
the results of today's match, Korea failed to add a gold medal in taekwondo.
As
for Iran, today's gold achievement was the second for them, while Uzbekistan
successfully won its first gold medal in taekwondo.
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