Iran NPC, Tehran: A total of 12 players, including
six women and six men, have joined a national Para Taekwondo training camp at from
April 30, 2024.
Staged by I.R. Iran Taekwondo
Federation (IRITF) in partnership with NPC, the camp aims at preparation of the
Para Taekwondoins for upcoming events including Asian Para Taekwondo
Championships and Paris 2024, according to IRITF.
Women’s invitees:
Aylar Haji, Leila Mirzaei, Maryam
Abdollahpour, Zahra Rahimi, Marzieh Nasrollahi and Roza Ebrahimi.
Women’s training sessions will be
conducted by head coach Atefeh Keshavarz, and coaches Zahra Hosseini and Zahra
Hajivand.
Men's invitees:
Saeid Sadeghianpour, Mahdi
Pourrahnama, Hamed Haghshenas, Alireza Bakht, Amir Mohammad Haghighat Shenas,
Mohammad Taha Hasanpour.
Men’s team will train with head coach
Payam Khanlarkhani, joined by coach Ali Karimi Saber.
Iranian Para Taekwondoins have also
secured five quota places of Paris Paralympic Games.
The 2024 Asian Para Taekwondo
Championships will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam on May 19th.