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Oct 2, 2024 14:46

APC Review of Paris 2024: Asian women excelled in Taekwondo final/ Iran’s Rahimi made her Paralympic debut

news| paralympic| APC Review of Paris 2024: Asian women excelled in Taekwondo final/ Iran’s Rahimi made her Paralympic debut

The first day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games was full of emotions, medals and world records for the Asian delegations.

 

Mongolia’s Paralympic history changed on the first day of the Games in Paris 2024, when Surenjav Ulambayar became the first female from her country to win medal at the Paralympic Games when she defeated Iran’s Zahra Rahimi in the K44 -52kg gold medal final.

Zahra Rahimi, Iran’s youngest athlete in Paris claimed silver

Iranian fans didn’t have to wait long for their first medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games either when Zahra Rahimi, the youngest athlete in the Iranian delegation and just 15 years old won silver on her Paralympic debut.

The athlete expressed her excitement at having achieved a medal, “I am very excited to have won a first medal for the country in Paris, although I would have been much happier if it had been a gold,” she said.

She added that she had an injury to her knee before the final and was not in shape, however, that did not stop her from achieving second place.

“I am young, and I will definitely be aiming for the gold medal at the next Paralympics,” said Rahimi, who will still be a teenager for the next Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

Iran and the media will undoubtedly have their eyes on her.

  

Source: APC website
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