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: Iran's 15-year-old para-taekwondo athlete Zahra Rahimi wins the first medal for the country at the Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris.
Friday 30 August 2024 - 16:18
Story Code : 427299
Source : Press TV
Rahimi wins first medal for Iran at Paralympic Games 2024
This was the last fight on the first day of the Parakwondo competition of the 17th Paralympic Games.
This is the first silver medal in the history of Iranian women's para-taekwondo competitions and the first medal of the Iranian sports caravan in this phase of the games.
Earlier, Rahimi defeated Shao Jian from China 13:2 in the first fight.
She then went on to clinch a 6:4 victory over ME Machado Stumpf from Brazil in the quarterfinal to qualify for the semifinals.
Rahimi won 6-0 in the semifinal match against Ana Japaridze from Georgia and qualified for the final match where she lost but won the silver medal.
Reporter : Editorial of The Iran Project
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