The one-day competition at the World Trade Center was a dress rehearsal for the World Para Taekwondo Championships, which will be held at the same venue between Thursday (September 21) and Sunday (September 24).

Paralympic bronze medallist and former two-time world champion Amy Truesdale of Britain clinched gold in the women's over-65 kilograms division by seeing off Rajae Akermach of Morocco in the final.

Truesdale's team-mate Beth Munro, a Paralympic silver medallist, won the women's under-65kg tournament to add to her European Para Championships title from Rotterdam last month.

She topped the pile thanks to a win in the final over Denmark's Tokyo 2020 champion and multiple world gold medallist Lisa Gjessing.

Azerbaijan celebrated success for Sabir Zeynalov in the men's under-58kg division as the world bronze medallist defeated Spain's Joel Martin Villalobos.

Rotterdam winner Imamaddin Khalilov then added another title for Azerbaijan in the men's under-70kg, beating Shunsuke Kudo of Japan.

Six other countries won gold medals at the event in Veracruz.

Peru's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Leonor Espinoza added to her success by defeating Mexico's Claudia Romero in the women's under-47kg final.

Multiple world champion Ganbatyn Bolor-Erdene won the men's under-63kg title for Mongolia after defeating Antonino Bossolo of Italy.

In the women's under-57kg, Paralympic bronze medallist Silvana Fernandes of Brazil saw off Sophie Caverzan of France to top the podium.

South Korea's Paralympic bronze medallist Joo Jeong-hun won the men's under-80kg by seeing off Kazakhstan's Nurlan Dombayev.

Ivan Mikulić, who won silver at Tokyo 2020, clinched gold in the men's over-80kg with a success over Brazil's Pedro Paulo Neves da Silva, adding to his Rotterdam title.

Salma Ali Abd Al Moneem Hassan won gold for Egypt in the women's under-52kg, defeating Surenjav Ulambayar of Mongolia.