Para Taekwondo returned to the French capital in style as 113 athletes from 30 countries battled for gold across 10 weight categories at the World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix. Gold medals were shared among seven different countries with Brazil, Mexico and Russia winning more than once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home crowd at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret had hoped for a gold medal as the finals got underway with the W K44 -47kg. Mexico\u2019s Claudia Romero proved too strong, however, sweeping Paris 2024 bronze medallist Zakia Khudadadi of France in two rounds to add to her Roma Grand Prix gold.\u00a0
The K44 M -58kg final saw Paralympic champion Asaf Yasur of Israel put an end to Azerbaijan\u2019s Sabir Zeynalov run of titles in Rome and Muju. Yasur clinched gold in two rounds to put himself back on the top of the podium for his first Grand Prix gold of the season.\u00a0
In a repeat of the W K44 -52kg Roma Grand Prix and European Championships finals, Ana Japaridze of Georgia and T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s two-time Paralympic medallist Meryem Bet\u00fcl \u00c7avdar went head to head for gold. The fiercely contested matchup saw Ana Japaridze come out on top 2-1 in a battle for gold that remained undecided until the final second of the last round.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the M K44 -63kg final, Paralympic champion Mahmut Bozteke of T\u00fcrkiye continued his winning streak in Paris. He overcame Israel\u2019s Adnan Milad 2-0 to take his third Grand Prix gold having also topped the podium in both Rome and Muju.
The M K44 -63kg category also saw history made as Ebrahim Samqa won Bahrain\u2019s first ever medal in a World Para Taekwondo event, having lost to the eventual champion Mahmut Bozteke in the semifinals.
The W K44 -57kg category saw an all-Brazilian final in which Silvana Mayara Cardoso Fernandes clinched her third consecutive Grand Prix gold with a commanding 12-6, 22-0 performance over Roma silver medallist Maria Eduarda Machado Stumpf.
In the M K44 -70kg final, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Juan Diego Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez overcame Brazil\u2019s Valter Sedano Delfino de Oliveira 2-0 to add to his title in Muju and claim Mexico\u2019s second gold of the evening.
Reigning Paralympic champion Ana Carolina Silva de Moura of Brazil clinched victory over home favourite and Paris 2024 Paralympic silver medallist Djelika Diallo in the W K44 -65kg final, taking home Brazil\u2019s second gold of the Paris 2026 World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix.
Nurlan Dombayev of Kazakhstan prevented Brazil from taking a third gold of the evening, overcoming Brazil\u2019s Joel Gomes Da Silva in the M K44 -80kg final to claim a gold to go alongside his silver in Muju and bronze in Rome. \u00a0
In the W K44 +65kg final, Russia\u2019s Elena Savinskaia added to her Roma 2026 World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix silver medal by beating European silver medallist Greece\u2019s Eleni Papastamatopoulou.\u00a0
The night ended with a repeat of the Muju and Paris 2024 Paralympic finals in the M K44 +80kg, as Russia\u2019s Aliaskhab Ramazanov and Great Britain\u2019s Matt Bush went head to head. The battle for gold did not disappoint, with both trading blows until the final seconds of the third round. It was Aliaskhab Ramazanov who eventually came out on top 4-6, 10-8, 8-5 to claim a consecutive Grand Prix gold following his triumph in Muju and Russia\u2019s second of the competition.
Paris will now host the first of three days of competition at the third World Taekwondo Grand Prix event of the year, featuring the W+67kg, M-58kg, M+80kg categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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