Sude Yaren Uzuncavdar was victorious in the women's -73kg
Türkiye won two more gold medals at the World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships to take the country’s total to three in just two days of competition in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sude Yaren Uzuncavdar was victorious in the women’s -73kg category and Hamza Osman Aydogan in the men’s -63kg division, adding to Zehra Begum Kavukcuoglu’s victory in the women’s +73kg category yesterday.
Uzuncavdar, a former world junior champion and bronze medallist at the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, defeated Haiti’s Ava Soon Lee in the -73kg final for the latest major success of her career. Lee’s silver medal marked a historic achievement as Haiti’s first-ever female medal at World Taekwondo Championships level.
Lee, who finished fifth at the recent World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, delivered an impressive performance throughout the competition. Egypt’s Malak Samy and Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Polina Shvedkova claimed the bronze medals.
Türkiye’s other gold of the day came in the men’s -63kg category, where Aydogan triumphed in the final against Stanislav Mitkov from Bulgaria, with the bronze medals going to Tamirlan Tleules of Kazakhstan and India’s Nitesh Singh.
Morocco’s Amina Dehhaoui claimed gold in the women’s -57kg category with victory over Spain’s Carla Sesar in the final. Jordan’s Fadia Khirfan and Iran’s Hasti Mohammadi secured the bronze medals.
The men’s -80kg division saw Iran’s Amirreza Gholami prevail in the final against Spain’s Mikel Fernandez to take the gold medal, his country’s second gold and fourth medal in total of the Championships. Raman Turavinau (AIN) and American Isaiah Young both stepped onto the podium with bronze medals.
The inaugural World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships continue later today with competition in the women’s -53kg and -67kg categories, and the men’s -54kg and -74kg divisions.
