The First Ranked Athlete Defeated by Khodabakhshi
Mahdi Khodabakhshi snatched the Gold medal of 3rd Grand Prix, Machester. Khodabakhshi overwhelmed the representatives of Tunisia 5-4, Uzbekistan 5-3, Armenia 3-0 and Iran's Masoud Hajizavareh 9-5. On the final round, he faced Aaron Cook, number one on WTF Olympic ranking, and after trouncing him 13-11 he grabbed the Gold medal of -80 kg weight category. Mahdi is also the Gold medalist of 2nd Grand Prix which was held in Khazakhstan, 2014.
Source: I.R. Iran TKD Federation
|
|