According to IRNA; The representatives of 74 countries have registered to participate in Karatewan Seria Istanbul, and during the first to third days of October, they will go on the tatami in 2 sections, kata and kumite, for men and women.
Turkey has the largest number of participants with 136 athletes. 127 people have registered from Iran, among them, 16 people have been sent at the expense of the federation under the name of the national team, and the other people have traveled at their own expense.
In the men’s section, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, Morteza Nemati, Mahmoud Nemati, Pouria Aghdasi, Mehdi Shahgol, Alireza Faraji, Alireza Heydari, Behnam Dehghanzadeh and Majid Nakohmat are the delegates. Head coach Shahram Harvi and Mehdi Ahmadi as coach are in charge of guiding these people on the tatami of Istanbul.
In the women’s section, Masoumeh Mohsenian, Avishan Bagheri, Atusa Golshadenjad, Mobina Heydari, Mobina Kaviani, Leila Barjali and Shima Al-Saadi have gone to this event.
Farkhnaz Arbab and Pegah Zanganeh participated in Karatewan Series Istanbul as the head coach and coach of the women’s team.
Mohsen Ashuri and Ashraf Amini Nawab, president of the federation, are also in charge of the men’s and women’s teams.
Meanwhile, Amini resigned from the position of women’s vice-president not long ago, but returned to his position again.
Karateka whose ranking is above 32 are allowed to participate in this event. In fact, Serie A competitions are a field for people who can improve their position in the world ranking.