The Para taekwondo competition at the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games began on Monday, October 19, featuring 83 athletes from 18 countries.
China finished second with six medals — two gold, two silver and two bronze — while Mongolia placed third with three medals, including two golds and one bronze.
Amir-Mohammad Haghighat-Shenas, Aylar Jami, Alireza Bakht and Hamed Hagh-Shenas secured Iran’s four gold medals.
Zahra Rahimi took silver, while Parimah Tourani, Mohammad-Taha Hassanpour, Saeed Sadeghianpour, Maryam Abdollahpour, Mehdi Pourrahman and Marzieh Nasrollahi each won bronze.
Romina Chamsourki and Roza Ebrahimi also represented Iran at the competition but did not finish among the medal winners.
Iran’s performance put the country ahead of all rivals in the Para taekwondo medal standings, with China and Mongolia completing the top three.
Hossein Amiri - H.Hakimzadeh
