Katoussi defeated Barkhordari 2-0 in the men’s -80kg gold medal contest on Friday, becoming Tunisia’s first Olympic champion in taekwondo.
In the first bronze medal match, Simone Alessio from Italy won 2-0 over CJ Nickolas from the United States, then Denmark’s Edi Hrnic won bronze 2-0 over the Republic of Korea’s Seo Geonwoo.
Iranian female taekwondo athletes Nahid Kiani in the -57kg and Mobina Nematzadeh in the -49kg had won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.
