Sajjad Mardani from Iran claimed a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions series in Wuxi, China on Sunday.
The Iranian representative defeated Stephan Lambdin from the U.S., South Korean Bil-young Byeon and Qiang Xu from China en route to the +80kg final.
Mardani beat defending champion Kyo-don In of South Korea in the final.
Mardani also won $50,000 cash prize.
Armin Hadipour from Iran also won a bronze medal in the competition.
Hadipour defeated number one seed Tae-hun Kim from South Korea in the -58kh to win the bronze medal.
He also won a $5,000 cash prize.
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