Iran’s Ebrahimi wins gold in taekwondo: 2022 Asian Para Games
October 24, 2023 - 13:25
HANGZHOU, China – Iranian para taekwondo athlete Roza Ebrahimi won a gold medal in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Tuesday.
She won the gold medal in the Women's K44 -57KG after defeating Kazakhstan’s Kamilya Dosmalova 34-15.
China’s Yujie Li and Palesha Goverdhan of Nepal won two bronze medals.
A total of 128 male athletes represent Iran in 16 events and 82 female athletes compete in 11 events.
Iran finished in third place in the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Iran’s slogan in the 2022 Asian Para Games is “Faith, Iran, Honor” and the name of the delegation is “Children of Iran”.
Hangzhou 2022 takes place from Oct. 22 to 28. An estimated 3,000 athletes compete across 22 sports.