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Iran’s Taekwondo athlete takes silver medal in 2024 Olympics

Iran's Taekwondoka Mehran Barkhordari lost to Firas Katoussi from Tunisia in the men's -80kg final of the 2024 Olympic Games to end up as runner-up.

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.

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