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Iranian Kickboxers Crowned as World Champions
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's kickboxing team won the title in the World Kickboxing Association World Championships in Germany after bagging several medals.
Iranian kickboxers have pocketed a total number of 16 medals - eight gold, three silver and five bronze medals - to claim the championship of the 2011 world cup in German city of Karlsruhe on Sunday.
Akbar Karimi in the +90-kilogram category, Ahmad Nikkar in the -60-kilogram, Hamzeh Moradian in the -65-kilogram, Hossein Hayati in the -70-kilogram, Jamshid Asghar Givehchi in the -75-kilogram, Hossein Alizadeh in the -85-kilogram, and Mojtaba Hosseini in the -90-kilogram categories won gold for the Islamic Republic.
Nahid Moqaddam also won a gold medal in the -50-kilogram category of the women's competitions.
Iranian women fighters Mahsa Samadi in the -55- kilogram, Hadiseh Nouhi in the -60-kilogram, and Fataneh Bahmani in the -65-kilogram categories won the silver medals of the Iranian team.
Nouhi also won a bronze and Marjan Amini-Kaveh grabbed two bronze medals in different sections of the event.
Mehran Cheriki and Majid Karimaei claimed two other bronze medals for Iran at the world event.
Iranian kickboxers have pocketed a total number of 16 medals - eight gold, three silver and five bronze medals - to claim the championship of the 2011 world cup in German city of Karlsruhe on Sunday.
Akbar Karimi in the +90-kilogram category, Ahmad Nikkar in the -60-kilogram, Hamzeh Moradian in the -65-kilogram, Hossein Hayati in the -70-kilogram, Jamshid Asghar Givehchi in the -75-kilogram, Hossein Alizadeh in the -85-kilogram, and Mojtaba Hosseini in the -90-kilogram categories won gold for the Islamic Republic.
Nahid Moqaddam also won a gold medal in the -50-kilogram category of the women's competitions.
Iranian women fighters Mahsa Samadi in the -55- kilogram, Hadiseh Nouhi in the -60-kilogram, and Fataneh Bahmani in the -65-kilogram categories won the silver medals of the Iranian team.
Nouhi also won a bronze and Marjan Amini-Kaveh grabbed two bronze medals in different sections of the event.
Mehran Cheriki and Majid Karimaei claimed two other bronze medals for Iran at the world event.
