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In a rematch of their bout from the 2020 Summer Olympics where Kimia Alizadeh was the victor, Nahid Kiani narrowly defeated Alizadeh in the 2024 bout on 8 August 2024. [2] [3] Alizadeh eventually won bronze and Kiani won the silver medal, the latter being the first for an Iranian woman at the Olympics, surpassing Alizadeh's 2016 bronze feat.
The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. [1] [2] 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across eight different weight categories (four per gender) at the Games, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008.
This is the seventh appearance of the women's heavyweight event. 2020 champion Matea Jelić and silver medalist Lauren Williams failed to qualify, one of the bronze medalists, Ruth Gbagbi lost to eventual champion Viviana Márton, later, Gbagbi got into repechages losing to Kristina Teachout,and Hedaya Wahba failed to qualify.
This is the seventh appearance of the men's super heavyweight category. Vladislav Larin is a defending champion, but the IOC did not claim him neutral, Nikita Rafalovich took his spot, but lost to the eventual champion Arian Salimi, marking Iran won gold in taekwondo for the first time since Beijing 2008, in the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, 2020 silver medalist ...
Nahid Kiyani Chandeh and Kimia Alizadeh were once friends and roommates as part of the junior Iran taekwondo team. Kiyani Chandeh, the current world champion, came out on top of a very tense fight ...
This is the seventh appearance of the men's 58kg category, debut in 2000, and it has appeared in every games since then. Vito Dell'Aquila was a defending Olympic champion, but he lost to Gashim Magomedov, later Dell'Aquila got into repechages, and lost to Cyrian Ravet in bronze medal matches, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi won a bronze medal as well, by beating Adrián ...
This is the seventh appearance of the women's 49kg event, Panipak Wongpattanakit defended her Olympic title and became the eventual champion for the second time, Adriana Cerezo won by beating María Sara Grippoli 4-18, and lost to Mobina Nematzadeh 2-9, one of the bronze medalists, Avishag Semberg lost to Dunya Abutaleb 17-10, and Tijana Bogdanović failed to qualify.
This is the seventh appearance of the men's 80kg category, debut in 2000, and it has appeared in every games since then. Maksim Khramtsov is a defending champion, but he did not qualify due to the IOC did not declare him neutral he is not invited to the Games, Stefan Takov took his spot, and lost to Faysal Sawadogo, 2020 silver medalist Saleh Al-Sharabaty lost to Henrique Marques, one of the ...