The 1st bronze medal of Iranian National Taekwondo team in Taekwondo World Championship in Baku was obtained by Matin Rezaei.
Iran NOC; Tehran: The 26th
World Taekwondo Championship started in the 25,000-seat "Crystal"
hall of Baku, in the Republic of Azerbaijan. On the first day of the
competition, "Metin Rezaei" in -68 kg and "Tina Madanlu" in
-57 kg were the representatives of Iran, and finally, in the men's group, Matin
Rezaei was placed against "Bradley Sinden" from Britain in the semi-finals.
The first round ended by 15-13 in Bradley's favor, and in the second round, the
British representative managed to defeat Rezaei by 21-5. Rezaei was able to win
the bronze medal of Baku World Championships by ceasing to the same result to
the world champion Mexico and the runner-up of the Tokyo Olympics. This is the
first medal in the Baku 2023 World Championships for Iranian National Taekwondo
team. Before Rezaei, Madanlu lost her game against her Uzbek opponent and was
eliminated from the competition.