Oct 31, 2015, 1:37 PM

8 taekwondoka to attend Croatia competitions

8 taekwondoka to attend Croatia competitions

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Couch of Iran’s national taekwondo team has rostered eight taekwondoka to attend Croatia’s WTF G1 competitions.

Led by Farzan Ashourzadeh, the Iranian national taekwondo team will be dispatched to Croatia’s taekwondo competitions with eight fighters seeking to earn quotas for -68 and -80 weights.

Accordingly, Armin Hadipoor, Mohammad Kazemi, Abolfazl Yaghoubi, Behnam Asbaghi, Farzad Zolghadri, Masoud HAjizavareh, Omid Amidi and Sajad Mardani will fight against their rivals in -54kg to +84kg weight categories at the Open Taekwondo Championships.

Held in Croatia, the WTF G1 competitions will reward gold, silver and bronze winners with 10, 6 and 3.6 points respectively to take them closer to Rio 2016 Olympics.

Croatia’s WTF G1 competitions will be held in the city of Varaždin on November 7 – 8.

 

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