In the continuation of the Taekwondo competition of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Alireza Hosseinpour, the Iranian representative, won the silver medal against his opponent from Thailand.
Iran NOC; Tehran: Hosseinpour
first defeated the Indian opponent and defeated the Pakistani opponent in the elimination
round to move to the semi-finals by defeating the Korean opponent. On the way
to final, Hosseinpour defeated the Jordanian fighter but left the game to his
Thai opponent to save the valuable silver medal.