Taekwondo 2016 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,210]

59 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I meant why not talk about the Olympic qualifying in the Olympic qualifying thread?

Because users started to talk about Asian tournament here yesterday.

[MHSN 3,632]

Khodabandeh is probably the biggest choker i ever seen. She only and only had to beat a much lighter Filipino girl and she failed . I hope kimia qualifies tomorrow . Today was a big blow. 

[dareza 911]

European championship started today. Laachraoui Mourad (Belgium) in 54kg, Braganca Rui (Porugal) in 58kg, Romoldanova Iryna (Ukraine) in -46kg and Bogdanovic Tijana (Serbia) became European champions.

 

We saw a lot of surprises today. Tuncat lost in second round, Aziez lost in 1/4.

[heywoodu 15,174]

52 minutes ago, dareza said:

European championship started today. Laachraoui Mourad (Belgium) in 54kg, Braganca Rui (Porugal) in 58kg, Romoldanova Iryna (Ukraine) in -46kg and Bogdanovic Tijana (Serbia) became European champions.

 

We saw a lot of surprises today. Tuncat lost in second round, Aziez lost in 1/4.

I'm somewhat cheering for the Belgian guy since the terrorist attacks in Brussels, where his brother was one of the terrorists....it's really great to see he won a European gold today to add some happiness  

Edited May 19, 2016 by heywoodu

[nitinsanker 202]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I'm somewhat cheering for the Belgian guy since the terrorist attacks in Brussels, where his brother was one of the terrorists....it's really great to see he won a European gold today to add some happiness  

 

interesting fact 

[DaniSRB 899]

Asemani competes for Belgium at EC

[heywoodu 15,174]

12 minutes ago, DaniSRB said:

Asemani competes for Belgium at EC

 

So far so good, that's no problem I suppose...I mean, she is a Belgian athlete after all. 

Of course I really hope this doesn't mean she will compete for Belgium at the Olympics as well, that'd be bad. 

[DaniSRB 899]

Day 1 medalists:

 

Men's 54kg:

Gold:  Mourad Laachraoui

Silver:  Jesús Tortosa Cabrera

Bronze:  Mihail Artamonov and  Stanislav Denisov

 

Men's 58kg:

Gold:  Rui Bragança

Silver:  Ron Atias

Bronze:  Feyi Pearce and  Ruslan Poiseyev

 

Women's 46kg:

Gold:  Iryna Romoldanova

Silver:  Blanca Palmer Soler

Bronze:  Rukiye Yıldırım and  Hajer Mustapha

 

Women's 49kg:

Gold:  Tijana Bogdanović

Silver:  Ana Petrušič

Bronze:  Alexandra Lychaguina and  Lucija Zaninović

 

 

[heywoodu 15,174]

Mohamed Ketbi (BEL) is having huge troubles for months already to stay under the 58kg limit. Apparently he's growing quite a lot (he's still young) and it's causing more and more problems. Didn't have a fight in his weight class since December and it looks like it's a very realistic option that he won't be going to Rio. Salaheddine Bensaleh seems to be in sight as a possible replacement.. 

Edited May 20, 2016 by heywoodu

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2 hours ago, DaniSRB said:

Men's 58kg:

Silver:  Ron Atias

 

 

This is somehow a good news, which means he won't be the last athlete in the ranking and Farzan won't face him in the first round. still it's dangerous which means this guy can get good results in Rio and advances to further rounds ! Farzan most probably will face the Thai guy in the first round