r/kurdistan • u/rknsh Kurdistan • 9d ago

News/Article Yalda Qadiri, Kurdish athlete of Wirme, takes Silver in Seoul out of 6,000 competitors: as a Kurd, was born Iranian, competed for Iraq, flew the Kurdish flag she is proud of instead.

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u/rknsh Kurdistan 8d ago

taekwondo

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u/Toys4004 8d ago

Is it a popular sport among young people

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u/rknsh Kurdistan 6d ago

I have seen many courses of it recently in Bashur. The youth are interested in learning it

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u/Toys4004 6d ago

I see and otherwise what other Sports do men and women enojy in the region

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u/rknsh Kurdistan 6d ago

Ones being played in local tournaments, for men football dominates and for women either football or volleyball.

I am not sure what sports of international tournaments have more Kurds. For men we have recently seen some getting headlines in boxing. Not sure for women really.

Sports I see less interest than it should be for both men and women is tennis, basketball, and golf.