Taekwondo athlete Nahid Kiani

Tehran (IP) - Taekwondo athlete Nahid Kiani from Iran secured her place at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Iran PressIran News: She qualified for the final match of the -57kg in the Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Kiani will meet Lo Chia-ling from Chinese Taipei in the final.  

Kiani started the campaign with a 14-0 win over Law Sin Yi from Hong Kong.

She then earned a narrow 18-16 win over reigning champion Phannapa Harnsujin from Thailand.

Kiani also defeated Natali Hamaidi from Jordan in the semifinals and advanced to the final match.

She will be Iran’s only woman taekwondo athlete in Tokyo 2020.

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