Asian Fencing Championships is the fencing zonal championship organized by the Asian Fencing Confederation for the Asia-Oceania zone to be held in Epee, Foil and Sabre weapons.
Iran will deploy three teams to the tournament comprising of Mohammad Esmaeili, Hossein Jafari and Mohammad Keyhani in Men’s Epee, Sakineh Nouri and Azam Bakhti in Women’s Epee, Shervin Tolui and Alireza Soleimani in Men’s Foil, Negin Kafi and Sarvenaz Mortazavi in Women’s Foil as well as Kiana Bagherzadeh, Faezeh Rahimi and Parimah Barzegar in Women’s Sabre.
Asian Fencing Championships will kick off on April 13 in Wuxi of China and come to an end on April 18.
Meanwhile, Asian Fencing Qualifiers will convene prior to the Asian Championships from April 11-12 attended by Iran’s Taher Ashuri, Alireza Adhami in Men’s Epee and Foil together with Najmeh Sazanchian, Mahsa Pourrahmati and Motahareh Mohseni in Women’s Sabre, Epee and Foil weapons, respectively.
Iranian Men’s Sbare team will leave for China on Monday as the last Iranian squad comprising of Olympic berth holders Mojtaba Abedini and Ali Pakdaman as well as Mohammad Fotuhi and Farzad Baharebaran who will meet rivals at 2016 Asian Fencing Championships.
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