Iran’s Zarrinkamar Seizes Gold in World Taekwondo Junior Championships

Zarrinkamar started the final against Korea’s Lim Yerim in the women’s -68kg category, scoring six points from two head kicks awarded on video review.

She played out an 11-6 win to take the first round, and finished the final with a flourish in the second round as her power and force proved too much for Lim, resulting in a victory by technical superiority for the Iranian athlete.

Julia Nowak from Poland and Chinese Taipei’s Wei‐chia Wang won two bronze medals.

The World Taekwondo Junior Championships concludes tomorrow with competition in the men’s -59kg and -68kg, and the women’s-55kg.