Iranian Athletes to Participate at Karate 1 - Premier League Tokyo
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian karate athletes arrived in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday to participate at the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League Tokyo.
Sara Bahmanyar, Taravat Khaksar, Rozita Alipour, Shima Ale Sadi, Hamideh Abbasali and Fatemeh Sadeghi will represent Iran in the women’s division.
The men’s team consists of Bahman Asgari, Majid Hassannia, Zabihollah Poorshab, Ali Asghar Asiabari, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, Mehdi Ghararizadeh, Amir Reza Mirzaei, Sajjad Ganjzadeh, Amir Mehdizadeh, Abolfazl Shahrjerdi, Saleh Abazari and Ali Karimi.
With less than one year to Karate’s Olympic debut in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the capital of Japan hosts one of the biggest events of the year from September 6 to 8.
Over 600 competitors from no less than 79 countries have confirmed their participation in the event. While karatekas strive to win the points to earn the qualification for Tokyo 2020, the best athletes of the discipline will have the opportunity to catch a glimpse of Olympic Karate next weekend.