Tasnim Saeid Mollaei from Iran claimed a gold medal in the men's -81kg weight division of the 2018 World Judo Championships on Sunday. Mollaei defeated Sotaro Fujiwara of Japan in the final match in 80 seconds. It was Irans first gold medal in World Championships in fifteen years. German judoka Alexander Wieczerzak and Vedat Albayrak of Turke ...

RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 09 (MNA) Irans first judoka representative has been eliminated with a defeat from Russian athlete on Tuesday evening. On the 4th day of the Rio Olympics, Saeid Mollaei lost to Khasan Khalmurzaev in -81kg mens section in round of 32 in Group D in his first match and was eliminated altogether. Mollaei was fighting neck-and-...