Bijan Moqanlu In an interview with IRNA, he explained the conditions of the national taekwondo team and stated: Considering the conditions, the year 2023 will be different for us and we will actually have a traffic of players in the Olympic Games, which of course is a good thing.
He added: Now some capable teenagers have been added to the team and are present in the camps. They will not be able to play in international events until the end of this year, but they will be added to the group of sent players in 2023. Player traffic leaves the hands of the technical staff free and we take the necessary benefit from it.
The head coach of the national taekwondo team said: “Also, the weight of some players changes.” For example, Daniyal Seguri weighs 68 and Amirmohammadi Bakhshi weighs less than 80 kilograms. We want to use all available strength to reach our goals.
Moqanlu said: I really hope that we will get between two and three quotas for the Paris Olympics through ranking. Also, Grand Slam has a quota for each weight. It should be the final home of the continental tournament. Until the Paris Olympics, we will have 2 world championships, several Grand Prix and Grand Slam, and this is a good opportunity.
The head coach of Iran’s national taekwondo team said: All the people who won medals in the previous Olympics had a rank below 10 because they gained experience by constantly participating in international events and were at the top. We are in good condition and we are concentrating not to deviate from the path we have drawn.
Regarding holding the technical committee meeting of the federation and continuing his presence as head coach, he said: I was in this meeting and explained my plans and conditions. We are moving forward step by step and now I am serving the national team.
Regarding the strange farewell of Soroush Ahmadi from the national team, Moqanlu said: He came to me and announced that he has been thinking about this decision for about 2 months and submitted his request in writing. I don’t know the reason for this decision, but I asked him to think a little more.
In response to the question of whether there was a difference between Soroush and the technical staff, the head coach of the Iranian national team. He stated: We had no disagreement. It was a personal decision made by Soroush Ahmadi.