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Iran’s Armin Hadipoor stands second in 2nd round of world Taekwondo Grand Prix 2019
The motivated young Iranian Taekwondo athlete, Armin Hadipour, grabbed the silver in the second round of World taekwondo Grand Prix which ended on 13_15 September in Chiba, Japan.
According to the Public Relation's Department of the Iranian Taekwondo Federation, The 2nd round of Grand Prix was a three day tournament which took place in Chiba with participation of nearly 256 athletes . The opening final of the World Championships drew Armin against Jun Jang of Korea ( 22_14 ), and Iranian athlete came back home, with an outstanding silver medal.
Armin versus Jang
According to a report by World Taekwondo," The final of the category presented two of the top players from two of the top teams in the game: Jun Jang of Korea versus Armin Hadipour Seighalani of Iran. Round 1 started slowly, with neither player committing – then the Iranian landed to the body for two points. He then started head hunting and landed a wickedly fast head shot to go 5-0 up. Yet more trouble followed for Jang as he tumbled, losing another point. Finally, Jang connected to the body for two points with a relaxed-looking kick. Now he had found the range, he followed with another. Round 1 ended 6-4 to Hadipour .
The second got underway with some nice play at both the long and close ranges, with the referee letting both men fight it out. Oddly, despite a high kick rate from both fighters, the round ended with minimal change: 7-5 to the Iranian. With just a two point difference, everything hung on the third.
Jang equalized with a long side kick to the torso: 7-7. Then, in a brilliant bit of leg control, Jang landed two arcing head hits – one from each side – with the same leg. The audience gasped; Jang’s score soared to 13 points. Then, a long, chopping kick to the Iranian’s face raised Jang’s score to 16 points – before the Iranian, counterattacking fast, chased him out of the area, raising his own score to nine points. A video replay request by the Iranian’s coach was ineffectual, – but Hadipour landed a high kick after play recommenced, and he was on 12 points. As the clock counted down, it was all action, with kicks flying from every angle. It finished 22-14 and gold for Jang, after an action packed end that made up for the lackluster early rounds."
The event helped participants collect points to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Team is led by Fariborz Askari as the head coach and Ali Mohammad Boshagh as the coach.
This tournament is a G4 one and the gold, silver and bronze medal winners garnish 40, 24, and 14.4 points, respectively and also collect cash prizes of $5000, $3000 and $1000 in turn.
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