Alireza Katiraei In an interview with IRNA, regarding the holding of the qualifying competitions for the karate age groups, he said: “As soon as the conditions are provided for the competitions to be held after a few years, we will take good luck.” Holding competitions became a motivating factor among karatekas.
He added: “In the hope category, the level of struggle was relatively good.” Of course, because the battles did not take place for several years, there were not many well-known figures, but a number of people in the league also played and had good conditions.
Regarding the selection of his colleagues in the technical staff, Katirai said: “I believe in collective wisdom.” Tomorrow (Saturday) we will have a meeting with the officials of the federation and a final decision will be made in this regard. I intend to use constructive and heroic coaches in the technical staff.
Referring to the short time until the Asian Championships, which will be held in Kazakhstan in less than two months, he said: “The camps should be held intensively.” In this short time we can not have an overseas competition. I will talk to “Shahram Heravi”, the head coach of the national adult team, so that we can have some preparatory fights with this team, and also the people of hope can hold several training sessions with the adults. This will be the best way to prepare our team.
“You have to accept the facts and let go of the emotions,” Katirai said of what to expect from the starting line-ups after a few years off. Of course, we are not disappointed and we have the support of Iranian karate. Iran is a leader in karate in the world and we try to get the best result with the same conditions.
In response to the question, in which city are the Omid team camps held? “Given the short time, we need the best facilities to prepare because this is very important,” he said. However, we know that Tehran does not have very good sports facilities. I have talked to the officials of several cities to host the Omid team, and tomorrow everything will be clear.
He explained why he was first introduced as the head coach of the youth team and after a few days took over the leadership of the Omid team: “I was talked to from the beginning to lead the Omid team. After that, the federation officials announced that the Youth Olympics are ahead and it is better for me to go to the youth team. Suddenly, it turned out that the Youth Olympics had been canceled, and for this reason, I finally became the head coach of the Omid team. I always tell the facts, and that is exactly what happened.
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