BEIJING - Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey became the world champion in men`s 84 kg category at the World Taekwondo Championships in Chinese capital of Beijing on Tuesday.
Tanrikulu defeated his Azerbaijani opponent Tavakgul Bayramov 4-0 and won gold medal.
Bahri Tanrikulu beat Volodymyr Krasitskyy of Ukraine in the first round, Rajabov Shokirjont of Tajikistan in the second round, Yossef Karami of Iran in the third round, Wu Ming-chieh of Taiwan in the quarter final, and Park Min-Soo of South Korea in the semi final.