Taekwondo

[intoronto 6,387]

Skylar Park won silver at the Taekwondo Grand Prix in Paris. She defeated Lo Chia-ling on the way to the silver medal. Lo defeated Park in Tokyo and was one of the bronze medalists there

[Josh 11,493]

Skylar Park has been having a really good year so far. Could be a strong medal contender come Paris.

[Josh 11,493]

2023 Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament for Taekwondo took place from March 22-23, 2023. Here’s where Canada secured quotas;

Poomsae

Women’s Individual - 1

Men’s Individual - 1

Kyorugi 

Women’s -49kg - 1

Women’s -57kg - 1

Women’s -67kg - 1

Men’s -58kg - 1 

Men’s -68kg - 1

Men’s -80kg - 1

Men’s +80kg - 1

 

We missed out on qualification in the Women’s -67kg category via Rachel Fountain. Anyways I’m bored, so I’ll try to predict the team that’ll be representing Canada at the 2023 Pan Am Games in taekwondo. 

 

Poomsae

Men’s Individual- Jinsu Ha (WR #9)

Poomsae- Women’s Individual- Michelle Lee (WR #12) (Not to be confused with Michelle Li )

Poomsae- Mixed Pair- Jinsu Ha/Michelle Lee

 

Kyorugi

Women’s -49kg - Viviane Tranquille

Women’s -57kg - Skylar Park

Women’s -67kg - Ashley Kraayeveld

Men’s -58kg - Nicholas Hoefling 

Men’s -68kg - Tae-Ku Park 

Men’s -80kg - Jordan Stewart

Men’s +80kg - Marc-André Bergeron

Edited March 25, 2023 by Josh

[intoronto 6,387]

I believe the same athletes in pairs poomsae must compete in the individual event as well.

[Josh 11,493]

7 hours ago, intoronto said:

I believe the same athletes in pairs poomsae must compete in the individual event as well.

Thanks! I’ll edit it. 

[Josh 11,493]

Skylar Park wins gold at the Taiyuan GP, the first of her career!

[Surlympics 1,139]

Does anyone know why the Russian athletes who are in the military are competing in this Grand Prix event when they were banned by the ioc ?

[intoronto 6,387]

Braven Park just lost a controversial decision...

[james89 897]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Braven Park just lost a controversial decision...

I must admit I don't fully understand the rules off Taekwondo and am unsure how controversial it was. 

[Josh 11,493]

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Braven Park just lost a controversial decision...

Kafadar won her Olympic quota in a controversial decision yesterday, so at least it all balances out 

 

Real talk, whoever’s referring the matches here needs to be fired. They’re either corrupt or blind, because in no way was that a Guzman win. But theres been a couple of these throughout the week, so I’m not surprised.