Sheidayi Wins the World Gold Medal in Riyadh

Zahra Sheidayi overcame all of her rivals in 57 Kgs. weight category and achieved gold medal in the 1st Riyadh World Taekwondo Women's championships.

Russia finished the first-ever World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with two gold medals while Great Britain, Iran, Korea, Brazil, Turkey and Côte d'Ivoire all secured one gold medal.

The final of the women’s -57kg saw Iran’s Zahra Sheidaei come through a close, low-scoring contest to beat Russia’s Margarita Blizniakova 2-0. Aaliyah Powell of Great Britain and Patrycja Adamkiewicz of Poland took the bronze medals.

With Russia topping the medal table of the historic Women’s Open Championships in Riyadh, second place went to Great Britain and Iran finished third overall with one gold and 2 bronze medals.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the first edition of the World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships on November 25-27.