“Shahram Hervi” In an interview with IRNA, he said: “This evening, we will hold the last training exercise and tomorrow morning, Sunday, we will leave for Turkey to play on the tatami in the games of Islamic countries.”
He said: “Fortunately, all of our players are in proper preparation and are highly motivated to show their strength to their opponents.”
Hervi acknowledged about the technical level of these competitions: many countries with karate power in the world, including Egypt, Turkey, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, are present in this event, and several countries have good singles. Having said that, we have a difficult task ahead of us, but we want to prove the power of Iranian karate once again.
The head coach of the Iranian national team added: It should be kept in mind that our national players have not participated in any event for about 9 months, and even some of them will be in the main composition of the senior national team for the first time. They are highly motivated to overcome their opponents.
Stating that the Iranian team won one gold and one bronze medal in the last round of these competitions, he continued: Our effort is to increase the number of medals and make their color better.
He said: “This event is a serious test for the Iranian team, and it will be a success for us if the players put up a fierce fight.”
The composition of Iran’s men’s karate team is as follows
60 kg weight: Ali Maskini
Weight 67 kg: Morteza Nemati
Weight 75 kg: Ali Asghar Asiabari
Weight minus 84 kg: Mehdi Khodabakhshi
Weight plus 84 kg: Majid Nekohmet
Shahram Harvi is the head coach and Saeed Farrokhi is the coach of the expedition team. Islamic countries karate competitions will be held in Konya on August 26 and 27.