Publish Date: 28 October 2015 - 11:44

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s national Wushu team consisting of 11 athletes will attend 13th World Wushu Championships, Jakarta, Indonesia.

The 13th World Wushu Championships will be taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia from November 11 to 18 with Iran’s national team deploying 5 Sanda and 6 Taolu athletes to the tournament.

Accordingly, in Taolu section, Mahdi Fathi, Mohsen Ahmadi and Navid Makvandi (in duilian), Farshad Arabi, Taher Ghasemi, and Reza Khalafzadeh will represent Iran in the world championships.

Iran’s Sanda athletes include Jafar Shirzad in -65kg, Mohsen Seifi in -70kg, Sajad Abbasi in -75kg, Amir Fazli in -85kg and Hamidreza Gholipoor in -90kg weight who will fight on the platform.

Iranian women's team has not dispatched any athletes to the tournament yet.

 

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