{"id":7897,"date":"2026-01-13T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:32:31","slug":"iran-close-out-with-two-more-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/iran-close-out-with-two-more-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran close out with two more gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iran continued their domination of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi, winning two more gold medals on the final day of competition. The Iranians topped the table with six gold medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Female Kumite -61 Kg: Mehrnegar Ahmadi Takes Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehrnegar Ahmadi of Iran claimed the gold medal in the Female Kumite -61 kg category after a solid 7-3 win over Mana Sawaki of Japan. Ahmadi controlled the match from the early stages, using fast entries and clean techniques to build a clear lead. Ahmadi managed the distance well and closed out the bout with confidence, giving Iran one more title in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Female Kumite -68 Kg: Aleksandra Meshkova Dominates Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleksandra Meshkova, competing under the WKF-1 flag, secured gold in the Female Kumite -68 kg division with a 6-2 victory over Tamara Zivkovic of Serbia. Meshkova showed strong timing and effective counterattacks, scoring consistently throughout the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Male Kumite -75 Kg: Hesham Abdelgawad Delivers for Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Egypt\u2019s Hesham Abdelgawad captured the Male Kumite -75 kg title after defeating Gadzhi Gadzhiev of WKF-1 by a 5-2 scoreline. Abdelgawad remained calm under pressure and capitalised on Gadzhiev\u2019s forward movement with well-timed counters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Male Kumite -84 Kg: Ali Asghar Asiabari Finishes Strong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Asghar Asiabari of Iran completed the event with a gold medal in the Male Kumite -84 kg category, beating Djordje Salapura of Serbia 4-1. Asiabari relied on sharp movement and accurate scoring to take control early, sealing Iran\u2019s second gold of the day to end the tournament on a high note for the Iranian delegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran continued their domination of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi, winning two more gold medals on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7898,"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":[38],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-karate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-768x433.jpg",640,361,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-1024x577.jpg",640,361,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-1536x866.jpg",1536,866,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japan-karate_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7899,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions\/7899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}