Sajjad Mardani grabs Bronze in 2019 GP
The iconic captain of Iran's taekwondo team, Sajjad Mardani, reached Bronze in the first round of 2019 Rome Grand Prix and stand third. According to the Public Relation's department of the Iranian Taekwondo federation, The Rome Grand Prix was a three day tournament which took place in Foro Italico Center with the participation of 256 athletes from 60 countries and Iran's squad came back home with an outstanding gold medal by Mirhashem Hosseini and a worthy bronze by Sajjad Mardani. The event helped participants collect points to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Iran's squad, participated with 4 athletes; namely Armin Hadipour (M-58kg), Mirhashem Hosseini (M-68kg), Soroush Ahmadi (M-68kg) and Sajjad Mardani (M+80kg). The Iran Team was led by Fariborz Askari as the head coach and Vahid Abdollahi as the coach. This tournament was a G4 one and the gold, silver and bronze medal winners garnished 40, 24, and 14.4 points.
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