The Iranian men’s and women’s teams will leave Tehran on Sunday to take part at the 9th Asian Wushu Championship in Taiwan.

Mehdi Mohammadi in -56kg, Erfan Ahangarian in -60kg, Saeid Fazeli in -70kg, Yazdan Mirzaei in -80kg, Moein Taghavi in -85kg, Ashkan Delfani in -90kg and Morteza Azimi in +90kg consisted the Iranian men’s Sanda team.

Talou team consists of Farshad Arabi, Mohsen Ahmadi, Reza Khalafzadeh, Taher Ghasemi, Amir Mohammadrezaei and Mehdi Mokhtarpour.  

The team will be headed by Hossein Ojaghi.

Soheila Mansourian in -52kg, Elaheh Mansourian in -56kg, Sedigheh Daryaei in -60kg, Shahrbanoo Mansourian in -65kg, and Maryam Hashemi in -70kg will represent Iran women’s Sanda team.

Zahra Kiani, Hanieh Rajabi, Hamideh Barkhor, and Fetemeh Heydari are in the women’s Talou team.  

The competitions will be held in Taoyuan, Taiwan from September 1 to 5.

At least 38 countries led by powerhouse China will be fielding their elite wushu athletes in the tournament that is expected to draw thousands of fighters and coaches.