Tehran, Aug 24, IRNA - Iran reaffirmed its supremacy in taekwondo as it swept all the five weight categories on the first day of the 2nd WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea.

Iran took both the overall male and female titles at the inaugural WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2014.
In the female -29kg final match, Iran's Fatemeh Ebrahimizadeh beat Russia's Anima Cherchesova for the gold medal. The bronze went to France's Mallorie Dellenbach and Kazakhstan's Alima Kaidarova.
In the female -33kg final match, Iran's Mahla Momenzadeh defeated Thailand's Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana to earn her country the gold. Great Britain's Jordyn Smith and the United States' Ash Ogan shared the bronze in the same weight category, wtf.net wrote.
In the female -51kg final match, Iran's Mobina Shakeri took home the gold medal as she outpointed Russia's Polina Arzhevitina for the gold medal. The bronze went to Korea's Ji-yeong Seo and Germany's Stefanie Grunauer in the division.
In the male -65kg final match, Iran's Mohammad Khani beat Russia's Stanislav Melnik 18-11 for the gold medal. Kazakhstan's Dulat Sikhymov and Mexico's Luis Manuel Flores Avendano had to settle for the bronze medal in the same category.
In the male +65kg final match, Iran's Nima Mehrali needed a fourth golden-point round for the gold medal against host Korea's Min-hyeok Kim. The bronze went to Belarus' Dzmitry Malinouski and Uzbekistan's Islomjon Adkhamov.

By IRNA