Gold medals shared on final day of Nairobi 2025 World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Nairobi 2025 World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships concluded with gold medals for Türkiye, Kazakhstan, an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) and Tunisia in another exhilarating day of competition.
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Nairobi 2025 World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships concluded with gold medals for Türkiye, Kazakhstan, an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) and Tunisia in another exhilarating day of competition.
Berkay Erer of Türkiye took the first gold of the day in the Men’s -68kg category, overcoming Korea’s Jin Ho Mun in the final. Bronze medals went to Iran’s Matin Rezaei, the former world junior champion, and Egypt’s Omar Muhammad Fathy.
AIN Alisa Angelova clinched Women’s -46kg gold with victory against the reigning world junior champion Yu Min Lee of Korea. Vasiliki Papadopoulou of Greece and Julia Silva Nazario of Brazil took the bronze medals.
The Men’s -87kg event was won by Kazakhstan’s Batyrkhan Toleugali, who added to the World Taekwondo Junior Championships gold he won at Sofia 2022. He defeated Iran’s Mohammad Alizadeh in the final to triumph in Kenya’s capital. Recently-crowned world champion Henrique Marques Rodrigues Fernandes of Brazil had to settle for bronze, and was joined on the podium by AIN Vladislav Budin.
Masghouni Wafa of Tunisia earned the final gold medal in Nairobi, completing a sweep of junior, senior and under-21 world titles by winning the Women’s -62kg final against Spain’s Elsa Secanell Charles. AIN Anastasiia Bannova placed joint-third, with Canada’s Ella Brewster matching the bronze she won at the Chuncheon 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championships.
The inaugural edition of the World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships successfully provided a platform for the world’s best young athletes to showcase their talents. The next edition will take place in Samokov, Bulgaria in 2027.
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