“Qualification will be primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 4, 2016, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments for those who fail to get tickets to Brazil’s Olympic Games on the basis of world rankings,” said Fazlollah Bagherzadeh.
The official noted that the country’s Sabra team enjoys a satisfactory status in the global ranking; “according to regulations, countries are not allowed to have representatives in weapons for which Olympic spots have been secured.”
He recalled that the Asian Fencing Qualifiers will be held in China’s Wuxi on April 11-12 asserting “Iranian fencers will participate in Men’s and Women’s Foil, Épée as well as in Women’s Sabre of the tournament.”
Bagherzadeh underlined that countries like China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan would definitely find their way to Rio 2016 through world rankings and will be absent in the zonal event which makes the road smooth for Iran’s women athletes.
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