TEHRAN – Saghar Moradi from Iran snatched a gold medal in taekwondo of the 2026 Asian Games on Friday.

She defeated Uzbekistan’s Ozoda Sobirjonova 2-0 in the women's 67kg taekwondo kyorugi event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Toyohashi General Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Wang Wei-chia from Chinese Taipei and South Korea’s Kwak Min-ju won two bronze medals.

Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian Games is being held from Oct. 1 to 3 at Toyohashi City General Gymnasium.