Tourani and Sadeghianpour Win Bronze Medals in Taekwondo at Nagoya Games 2026
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Tourani and Sadeghianpour Win Bronze Medals in Taekwondo at Nagoya Games 2026

Parimah Tourani and Said Sadeghianpour won two bronze medals each at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Tuesday.

Tourani participated in the bronze medal match in the Women's K44 -65kg category. The Iranian representative defeated Zulfiya Bikbulatova from Uzbekistan to win the bronze medal.

The first round ended with no points scored, but the referee awarded the round to Tourani. In the second round, both athletes played cautiously, and Bikbulatova won it with a score of 5-2. Tourani trailed until the last seconds of the third round but managed to come back into the game and win the match with a score of 5-4, earning a bronze medal.

Additionally, Sadeghianpour defeated Chen-chian Chen from Taipei, China, with a score of 2-0 in the bronze medal match in the Men's K44 -63kg category.

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Iranian swimmers secured second and third places in the men's 50-meter freestyle final in category S9 at the Nagoya Para Asian Games, winning silver and bronze medals.

During the second day of swimming for people with disabilities at the 5th Asia Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, representatives from Iran participated in the men's 50-meter freestyle final and received silver and bronze.

Abulfazl Zarifpour, Ali Motallebi, and Abulfazl Malek Oladi competed against five other swimmers from China, Iraq, Japan, Uzbekistan, and Thailand.

Zarifpour won silver with a time of 25.79, while Motallebi received bronze with a time of 26.18. Malek Oladi finished eighth with a result of 28.13.

The gold medal went to Zhili Xie from China, who set a games record with a time of 25.57.

Previously, Iranian swimmers had also won one gold and one silver medal the day before, thanks to Zeygaminjad and Izadyar. Additionally, Zeygaminjad won another bronze medal on Tuesday.

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