Iran continued\u00a0its\u00a0impressive medal haul at the Nairobi 2025 World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships, claiming two more golds\u00a0on the third day of competition at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Mobina Nematzadeh led Iran’s charge in the\u00a0women’s -53kg category, defeating T\u00fcrkiye’s Sila Irmak Uzuncavdar in the final. Nematzadeh, who won gold at the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships, returned to championship-winning form in Kenya.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uzuncavdar’s silver\u00a0medal follows her sister\u00a0Sude Yaren’s gold\u00a0medal triumph\u00a0in the\u00a0women’s -73kg yesterday.\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ada Avdagic and Greece’s Magdalini Klakala secured the bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran’s second gold came in the\u00a0men’s -74kg division, where Radin Zeinali\u00a0overcame T\u00fcrkiye’s Omer Furkan Korpe in the final, bringing Iran\u2019s total medal count to six.\u00a0The United States’ Victor Rodrigues and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Benjamin Husic both stepped onto the podium with bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Egypt’s Moataz Bellah Asem claimed gold in the highly competitive\u00a0men’s -54kg category with victory over India’s Ankit Mer in the final. Mer delivered an exceptional tournament performance, notably defeating the Wuxi 2025\u00a0World Taekwondo Championships\u00a0gold medallist and\u00a0MVP\u00a0Eun Su Seo\u00a0of Korea\u00a0enroute to the final, showcasing the depth of talent at this inaugural\u00a0World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships. Jordan’s Ja’afar Aldaoud and Bulgaria’s Hristiyan Georgiev claimed the bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0women’s -67kg division saw Korea’s Min\u00a0Ju Kwak, fresh from her gold medal triumph at the Bangkok 2025 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge, continue her winning streak with victory over Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Valeriia Skaprovska in the final. Greece’s Styliani Marentaki and Montenegro’s Andrea Berisaj, who won bronze at the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships, secured the bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inaugural\u00a0World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships\u00a0concludes today with the final day of competition featuring the\u00a0women’s -46kg and\u00a0-67kg categories, and the\u00a0men’s -68kg and -87kg divisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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