World Military Taekwondo Championship: Iran comes up trumps

IANS

Tehran, Aug 18 (IANS): The Iranian women’s team has won the 22nd World Military Taekwondo Championship here on Sunday, a media report said.

As the competitions concluded in Tehran Saturday, the Iranian team won four gold medals, one silver and three bronzes and claimed the title with 58 points. China and Brazil were in second and third position respectively.

The competitions brought 41 taekwondo athletes from China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Colombia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Russia together to the Iranian capital.