Iran Press/ Asia: In the continuation of the first day of the Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam, Saeedeh Nasiri, the representative of Iran's female team in 46 kg weight class, won against Lakhava from Mongolia in the first round with the results of 16:3 and 12:0.
She then beat Okamoto from Japan in 2 rounds with the results of 2:1 and 5:2 and Dahi reached the semifinals, but he lost against Wang Erchin in 2 rounds with the results of 7:5 and 5:2. He ate and won the bronze medal in Asia.
Also, Matin Rezaei, the representative of Iran's men's 63 kg weight class, won 2-0 against Saroka from Japan in the first round. He then defeated Zakaria Qali from Saudi Arabia in 2 rounds with the results of 5:3 and 14:5 and advanced to the semi-finals, but at this stage he lost to Jun Jang from South Korea in 2 rounds and won the bronze medal.
Before this, Nahid Kiani, the Olympic team member of Iran, lost in the first round of the 53-kg competition against Jong Er of Thailand in 2 rounds and was failed to reach next stage. 219
