Iran's female wushu athlete Khadijeh Zeinalzadeh has stormed into the final of the Fourth World Sanshou Cup tournament in Harbin, China.

Zeinalzadeh managed to beat her Myanmar rival Naw Mar Tun in two consecutive rounds in the women's 48 kilogram category on Friday.
The Iranian athlete will now face her Vietnamese opponent who defeated the Russian entrant on the same day.
Another female Iranian athlete Farzaneh Dehqan made do with the bronze medal when she lost to her Chinese rival in the under 52 kilogram category.
Iran's Hamid-Reza Qolipour was also defeated 2-0 by his Chinese opponent in the under 80 kilogram class and had to face another athlete for the silver medal.
Only the sanshou athletes who had qualified in the Ninth World wushu competition are allowed to participate in the three-day world sanshou competition September 19-21.
A total of 71 wushu masters from 26 countries and regions including Russia, Iran, Brazil, the Philippines, China and Macao SAR are participating in the biennial event.
(Source: Press TV)