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9 athletes chosen for participation in the fist Grand Prix
After WTF invited the top ranked athletes in the 4 Olympic weight categories for participation in the first Grand Prix, the technical officials of the Iranian National team chose the following athletes for participation in this significant event: Hadi Mostean and Meisam Bagheri in the first weight category, Mohammad Bagheri Motamed and Behnam Asbaghi in the second weigh category, Masoud Hajizavareh, Farzad Abodollahi and Alireza Nasr in the third weight category and Sajad Mardani and Hossein Tajik in the fourth weight category.
As only 2 athletes are allowed to participate in each weight category in this event, one of the athletes should be omitted in the third weight category after holding the qualification competitions.
The first grand prix will be held on 13-15 Dec. in Manchester. According to the new regulations of WTF, each country has the opportunity to have up to 4 male and 4 female representatives in the Olympic Games. Athletes could collect ranking points by participation in different events as well as 10 Grand Prix and finally the top 6 athletes in each Olympic weight category will directly receive the Olympic quota.
Source: I.R. Iran TKD Federation
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