Iranian Taekwondo Team Stands inthe Third place in Sofia Taekwondo Open

Iran finished in the third place at the 8th edition of the Sofia Taekwondo Open.

The 8th Sofia International tournament G1, in junior section and two groups of male and female held  in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this edition of the tournament , 390 taekwondo athletes participated.

Hossein Lotfi, Soroosh Ahmadi, Amirmohammad Bakhshi, Mehran Barkhordari and Sajad Mardani were the Iranian taekwondo athletes who competed with their rivals.

Hossein Lotfi and amirmohammad Bakhshi won 2 gold medals and with 240 scores stood in the third place. Jordan gained 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals and with 530 scores and became champion. England came second with 450 points, taking three gold medals, one silver and two bronze.

Iran taekwondo national team will also hold a 10-day training camp in Sofia after the Open.

The head coach of the team is Fariborz Askari  and the coaches are  Alimohammad Boshagh and Vahid Abdollahi.