Iran names taekwondo rosters for global showdowns
Iranian Taekwondo Federation named the men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming two major events.
Six Iranian girls will represent the country at the WT World Championships – starting October 24 in Wuxi, China – with six others vying for glory at the sixth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, when the multi-sport event kicks off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 7.
Nahid Kiani, who won a historic Olympic silver in Paris last summer, and Mobina Nematzadeh – a bronze winner in the Games – will headline the Iranian women’s roster in Wuxi.
Iranian duo will be joined by Saiedeh Nasiri, Mahla Momenzadeh, Kowsar Asaseh, and Nastaran Valizadeh.
Saina Karimi, Rozhan Goudarzi, Hasti Mohammadi, Yalda Valinejad, Fatemeh Eskandarnia, and two-time Asian silver winner Melika Mirhosseini will compete across different weight classes in Riyadh.
Meanwhile, Arian Salimi will make a first international appearance since grabbing the Olympic gold last year at the World Championships, and will be joined by Mehran Barkhordari, who will be looking to build on last year’s silver-winning campaign in Paris.
Mahdi Razmian, Abolfazl Zandi, Mahdi Hajmousaei, Mohammad-Sadeq Dehqani, Amir-Sina Bakhtiari, and Mohammad-Hossein Yazdani complete the Iranian men’s squad for the visit to Wuxi.
Amir Nasir-Ahmadi, Ali-Asghar Ali Moradian, Hamed Asghari, Ali Khoshravesh, Amirreza Sadeqian, and Ali Najafi will be the six Iranian male practitioners at the Islamic Solidarity Games.