According to IRNA; The registration deadline for participating in the Pumice World Championships has expired, and finally 784 taekwondo fighters from 62 countries have registered to participate in this period of competitions, which is the most participant in different periods of this event.
The athletes are from 20 Asian countries, 21 European countries, 14 countries from the Americas, 7 countries from Africa and one country from Oceania. To compete on the 4th of Ordibehesht.
South Korea is hosting the Pumice World Championships for the third time. The competition was launched in 2006 in Seoul. Turkey, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Russia, Colombia, Indonesia, Peru and Chinese Taipei have also hosted the tournament over the years.
The fights were previously scheduled to be hosted by Denmark in 2020 in Herning, but were postponed due to the Corona pandemic.
Iran national team with the composition of Amir Alizadeh (Gilan), Yasin Zandi (Mazandaran), Ali Salmani, Ali Nadali, Hadi Torkashvand, Hossein Beheshti and Mohammad Taghi Hatami (Isfahan) Nader Khodamradi (Tehran) in the men’s section, Fatemeh Salmanizadeh, Shima Nesaji And Marjan Salahshour (Isfahan), Atosa Farahmand (Alborz) Sanaz Taghipour (Tehran) will participate in the women’s section of the World Championships.
Ahmad Akhlaghi and Badri Asadi lead the Iranian men’s and women’s national teams.