Deputy Head of Women Badminton Federation Fariba Madadi said at the welcoming ceremony for the team in Mashad that the level of the Central Asian and Asian teams in the competitions was high, especially in the presence of the strong teams from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
The secretary of Badminton Federation and caretaker of the team participating the event Farshad Nosrati said that this was the first time that the junior Iranian badminton team participated in international competitions from August 12 to 15, in both girls and boys field, in under 15 and under 17 fields, and they totally gained eight gold and four silver medals.
Nosrati said that the Iranian senior badminton teams always used to rank first in Asian competitions, and in these games too our junior players did well, thanks to their coaches’ efforts and quite close to ranking first.
The Head coach of the national senior team, Gholam Reza Baqeri, too, said that he was pleased with his team’s performance, and this was a good experience for them.
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