...

French and Iranian Teams among Favorites of Open Taekwondo Championship: Azerbaijani Chief Coach

Society Materials 22 May 2008 17:34 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 22 May / corr. Trend R. Ergun/ The teams of France and Iran are among the favorite teams of the open taekwondo championship to be held in Baku. "We can say that all teams that will take part in the championship are strong, but the key favorites are teams of France and Iran," Alakbar Imamaliyev, the chief coach of the Azerbaijani taekwondo team said to Trend on 22 May.

The sportsmen from 15 countries are expected to take part in the open taekwondo championship in Azerbaijan on 24-25 May. The sportsmen from France, Italy, Turkey, Russia, Iran and Korea have already arrived in Baku.

The chief coach of the Azerbaijani teams said that Azerbaijan will take part in the championship with 4 teams.

It is fourth championship being held in Baku.

The championship will be held in the Place of Hand-Played Games.

The sportsmen only of the higher age group will take part in the championship.

The correspondent can be contacted at - [email protected]

Latest

Latest