According to IRNA; The Moscow Karate Championships started on Friday with 371 participants from 49 countries and will end today (Sunday).
Zabihullah Pourshib, the captain of the Iranian national karate team, was the only representative of our country in this event, who attended the Moscow Karate One under the guidance of the national team coach Hassan Rouhani.
He lost to Isakov of Belarus 4-2 today to stay without a medal.
Yesterday, in the preliminary round, he defeated “Anwar Bogrin” from Belgium and then “Vladimir Barzanic” from Serbia.
He then faced Targut Hasanov of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and after a one-on-one draw, he won by a vote of the judges and reached the semifinals.
Pourshib lost to Morocco’s Nabil Chabi in the semifinals and, contrary to expectations, lost 3-2.
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