Tunisia and Iran clinch memorable golds on day six of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships

 Wafa claimed a stunning victory over the reigning -67kg Olympic champion Viviana Mártonof Hungary to triumph on her debut at the World Taekwondo Championships and earn Tunisia’s second gold medal of the event. Australia won their first medal in Wuxi through Gabriella Blewitt’s bronze, and she was joined on the podium by China’s Ximin Chen.

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Iran’s first gold medal of Wuxi 2025 came courtesy of Zandi, who overcame Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Georgii Gurtsiev in the Men’s -58kg final, his opponent taking silver for the second successive World Taekwondo Championships. China’s Kefen Huang and Azerbaijan’s Gashim Magomedov were bronze medallists.

Women’s -62kg

Márton had been in Imperious form as she aimed to follow in the footsteps of her sister Luana, who had won gold in the -67kg category yesterday. She did not lose a round on her way to the final, including a quarter-final victory against AIN Liliia Khuzina, the defending champion, and a semi-final win against Chen.

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In the gold medal match, Márton had looked set to take the first round having led throughout, but Wafa stayed in the contest and in closing seconds produced a brilliant body kick to tie at 7-7 and win it on connections.

Wafa was crowned world junior champion in Chuncheon last year, and she added a senior title to it with a performance of great maturity in the second round. Again it finished level, remaining scoreless, but Wafa triumphed on connections and celebrated an astonishing victory.

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She had earlier beaten Blewitt in the semi-finals.

Men’s -58kg

The 2022 world junior champion Zandi impressed throughout the day, and claimed gold with a superb performance in the final. He demonstrated great discipline and control in the first round to beat Gurtsiev 7-3, and a thrilling second round saw both athletes in search of points, with Zandi taking it 12-8.

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Zandi had earlier beaten the home favourite Huang, who won China’s seventh bronze and eighth medal overall at the World Taekwondo Championships.

Gurtsiev matched the silver he won at the Baku 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and his day included a fine victory against the -58kg Olympic silver medallist Magomedov. The first round had gone the way of Magomedov, but Gurtsiev hit back to win the following two rounds and take his place in the final.

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Tomorrow will be the final day of competition at the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, featuring the Men’s -74kg and Women’s -53kg events followed by the Closing Ceremony.