Olympic Ranking of April 2016
According to the Olympic Ranking of April 2016, Farzan Ashourzadeh ranked 1st in -58 kg with 455.8 points. Armin Hadipour, Iran’s back up athletes in the first Olympic weight category in Rio, stands at 16th place. 2nd to 6th ranks of this category went to South Korea, Portugal, Belgium, Germany and Mexico.
In -68 kg, Behnam Asbaghi is number 7 with 201.81 points and Abolfazl Yaghoubi has 9th place with 169.58 points. South Korea, Belgium, Russia, Mexico, Turkey and Spain stand at 1st to 6th places of this division respectively.
Mahdi Khodabakhshi stands on top of -80 kg with 380.88 points. Masoud Hajizavareh, Iran’s back up athlete in the third Olympic weight category in Rio, has 5th rank with 256.92 points. Moldova, Russia and England have 2nd to 4th places.
Sajjad Mardani is number 4 in +80 kg with 286.46 points. Omid Amidi, Iran’s back up athlete in the fourth Olympic weight category in Rio, stands at 17th place with 145.57 points. 1st to 3rd places of this category are for 2 representatives of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
Iran National team has gained 3 Olympic quota by Farzan Ashourzadeh, Mahdi Khodabakhshi and Sajjad Mardani in -68 kg, -80 kg and +80 kg. Bijan Moghanlou, Mahdi Bibak and Mehrdad Yousefi lead Iran National team as head coach and coaches in Rio Olympic Games.
Source: I.R. Iran TKD Federation
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