Oct 3, 2015, 1:43 PM

Iran Taekwondo team to attend 2016 Grand Prix

Iran Taekwondo team to attend 2016 Grand Prix

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Iran will take part in 2016 Grand Prix Series 3 with nine athletes, including Armin Hadipour, who has been invited to the competitions by World Federation.

Armin Hadipour, Iranian -68Kg taekwondo athlete, is among other nine Iranian representatives to the 2016 Grand Prix.

Accordingly, Iran’s men team will take part the competitions with a seven-member combination including Farzan Ashourzadeh, Armin Hadipour, Behnam Asbaghi, Abolfazl Yaghoubi, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, Masoud Hajizavarh, Omid Amidi and Sajjad Mardani.

Meanwhile, Shokraneh Izadi and Kimia Alizadeh are two Iranian female representatives who will attend the competitions in the women's section.

The 2016 WTF World Grand-Prix series 3, hosted by Britain, will be held on october 16-18.

The event grants 40 points to holders of Gold, 24 points to holders of Silver and 14.4 points to Bronze winners in order to increase Olympic ranking points to qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic.

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