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Iran Flexes its Muscles in the World Rankings
Several athletes on the move up after four gold medals at the Asian Open in Chuncheon, South Korea.
SEOUL, South Korea (August 1, 2017) – If the third Asian Open is any indication, fighters still have a ways to go to catch up with the favorites. Iran was named the top men’s team of the tournament after claiming four gold medals – and each had at least one Asian championship under their belts before the tournament began.
The Asian Open is a G4/G2 event, allowing Asian athletes the opportunity to earn double ranking points in their home event.
World champion and #1-ranked Mahdi Pourrahnamaahmad is still the class of the under 75kg K44 division and increased his rankings lead over Russia’s Vitali Nazarenko to 127.41 points. It was his third straight Asian Open title.
Asghar Aziaghdam (over 75kg K44) claimed his second Asian Open title to move up three spots to #2 in the world behind Croatia’s Ivan Mikulic. After winning the inaugural tournament, he finished third in 2016.
Ahmad Narimani avenged his 2016 loss in the final to world #1 Nyshan Omirali of Kazakhstan by returning the favour with a 24:3 victory to move into third in the over 75kg K42 division, while Saeid Sadeghianpour claimed his second Asian Open title in as many years to increase his #1 ranking in the under 61kg K42 division to 45.4 points.
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