Iran\u2019s Parsa Houshyar, Korea\u2019s Lee Si-woo and Russia\u2019s Ismail Ismailov deliver the gold medals with polished displays at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Tashkent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Houshyar, gold medallist at the Fujairah 2025 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships, triumphed in the men’s -63kg weight category, while Si-woo emerged victorious in the women’s -49kg and Ismailov in the men’s -68kg.
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Houshyar dominates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houshyar followed his world cadet title won less than one year ago in Fujairah by taking Iran\u2019s fourth gold of the championships in a hard-fought men’s -63kg final against France\u2019s Nolhan Rosemond.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rosemond had been leading the first round, but conceded five Gam-jeoms to hand it to his opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Houshyar looked on course for victory in the second round, only for Rosemond to produce a stunning late body kick to win 4-3. However, Houshyar was not to be denied, and took the third round 9-6 to secure gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bronze medals went to Serbia\u2019s Sergej Ivanovic and Korea\u2019s Youngjin Ji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Si-woo<\/strong> delivers Korea’s third title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Korea\u2019s third gold in Tashkent came courtesy of Si-woo, who won a tight W -49kg final against China\u2019s Mixue Li.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Si-woo edged both rounds by two points to celebrate gold, taking the first 3-1 and the second 4-2. That completed an impressive run to the title without losing a round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran\u2019s Helia Ebrahimian and Serbia\u2019s Tina Nini\u0107 earned bronze.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ismailov denies the hosts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A raucous atmosphere accompanied the men’s -68kg final as Ismailov took on home favourite Ayyubkhon Nabiev of Uzbekistan. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Ismailov who dominated the first round, taking it 11-4. Nabiev found more joy in the second round, leading 8-2 and 11-6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, a strong showing in the second minute from Ismailov helped him to turn it around and clinch it 12-11 for Russia\u2019s second gold in Tashkent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Croatia\u2019s Karlo Holjevi\u0107 and Kazakhstan\u2019s Abdukarimov Alidar completed the podium with bronze medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final day of competition at the Tashkent 2026 World Taekwondo Junior Championships will feature events in the men’s -51kg, women’s -52kg and -63kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran\u2019s Parsa Houshyar, Korea\u2019s Lee Si-woo and Russia\u2019s Ismail Ismailov deliver the gold medals with polished displays at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-11756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-taekwondo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t