Iranian taekwondo practitioners have demonstrated dazzling performances at the Chuncheon Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships 2015, bringing home four medals, including one gold.

On Wednesday, 20-year-old Armin Hadipour Seighalani snatched the gold medal in the minus 54-kilogram weight division after he managed to down a contestant from the host nation 21-9 in the final encounter of the category held at the Hoban Gym of South Korea’s Chuncheon city.

The young Iranian athlete had earlier overpowered South Korean and Philippine taekwondo fighters in his march to the final.

Earlier in the day, Omid Amidi, who had defeated his South Korean rivals in the men’s minus 87-kilogram weight class, suffered a 5-9 defeat from Uzbek taekwondo athlete Jasur Baykuzigyev in the final challenge, and grabbed the silver for Iran.

The Chuncheon Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships 2015 started in South Korea on July 22, and will finish on July 27.

Gold medalists will add 20 points to their qualification rankings for the 32nd edition of Olympic Games scheduled to be staged between August 5 and August 21 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, with 789 athletes participating in the sporting event.

Silver and bronze medalists at South Korea taekwondo tournament will also add 12 and 7.2 points respectively to their 2016 Summer Olympics qualification rankings.