Iran's Mohammad Baqeri-Motamed has won his country's first gold medal after four years in the WTF World Taekwondo Championships underway in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Iranian athlete earned the gold after defeating his Mexican rival 3-2 at the Ballerup Super Arena on Friday night.
Taekwondo practitioners from Turkey and Senegal took the joint bronze medal.
Around 1,000 athletes from 140 countries have joined the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships which runs until October 18.
The Iranian taekwondo squad had last won a gold medal in the Spanish capital Madrid in 2005.
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