Parnian Noori Aims to Compete at Olympics


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Parnian Noori underlined her ambitions to compete at the Olympic Games, and hopes the World Taekwondo Junior Championships can be the start of accumulating the ranking points she needs.

She won a gold medal in the women’s -52kg underway in Chuncheon, South Korea.

“We have goals for the Olympic Games, that is very important for us. We start from now to get ranking points to qualify for the Olympics,” she said.

For Noori, her attention immediately turned to the future and her ambitions for when she enters senior competition.

“We have to focus more on the future because we go to the senior teams. From now, we are going to make a plan and prepare the training to go to the senior national team,” she insisted.

The World Taekwondo Junior Championships will continue to provide a global stage which serves as a springboard for athletes to succeed in major senior competitions.