On the second and last day of Taekwondo Olympic Qualification in Asia that was held in Tai’an, China. Iran’s Arian Salimi at the weight of +80 secured his place in the Paris Olympics Games after reaching the final match .
Salimi beat Wadhah Al Ahmed from Qatar 13-0 in the first round and 5-0 in the second round to face Ray Rahi from Lebanon in the next stage.
The Iranian player defeated his Lebanese opponent in 2 consecutive rounds to reach the final and earning a berth at 2024 pairs Olympics Games.
Salimi became the fourth Iranian taekwondoka to gain a place in the Paris Olympics. Yesterday, Mobina Nematzadeh in the women’s division -49 category secured her place in the Olympics Games.
Nahid Kiani in the -57kg category and Mehran Barkhordari in the -80kg had previously earned two quotas for the Games.
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