Iranian Judoka Mousanezhad Makes Dream Debut at Asian Para Games


Iranian Judoka Mousanezhad Makes Dream Debut at Asian Para Games

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian judoka Ehsan Mousanezhad made a dream debut at the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.

The Games threw up highlights aplenty as almost 3,000 of the best athletes in the continent went head-to-head for medal glory.

There were records broken and history was made over the eight days of competition, which ended on Saturday (13 October), Paralympic.org reported.  

Mousanezhad had the ultimate in dream debuts at Indonesia 2018. The judoka, who had only been competing in the sport since 2017, fought a thrilling final in the men’s -100kg against reigning Paralympic and Asian Para Games champion, Choi Gwang Geun.

The former powerlifter won the hearts of the Indonesian fans as he battled to a stunning gold medal win over the defending champion in one of the biggest shocks of the Games.

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