Tokyo Olympics : D-1 / For history !
Tomorrow is the big day. This is the start of the Karate events at the Tokyo Games. The Olympics, it’s 82 athletes, 8 categories, 34 medals. The program, the Games in numbers, the athletes... All the information to have a blast in front of the Karate Olympics. Let’s go for the show !
By Ludovic Mauchien
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Tokyo2021 / Here are the Olympic draws !
Aghayev vs Busa, Da Costa vs Crescenzo, Assadilov vs Elsawy, Terliuga vs Miyahara, Ozcelik vs Wen, Coban vs Heurtault, Lotfy vs Prekovic, Aktas vs Horne, Zaretska vs Hocaoglu… All these fights are the last ones in the preliminary rounds. That means they may decide of the qualification for the ½ finals. We cannot wait ! Here are the entire draws of the Olympic Games.
By Ludovic Mauchien
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Tokyo2021 / Russian Chernysheva tested positive for Covid
The very recent European champion (-55 kg), the new rising star of the international circuit, the young Russian (19 years old) Anna Chernysheva has been tested positive for Covid-19 and can therefore not participate in the Olympic Games which begins the day after tomorrow Thursday. She was a serious contender for the medal. We are sad for her.
Par Ludovic Mauchien
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Lamya Matoub : « It’s just awesome ! »
How do they live their first Olympic days ? How do they feel ?... Until August 5, start of the Karate tournament, we will give you news of the champions who compete in the Games. That’s the WhatsApp interview. Today, Algerian Lamya Matoub (+61 kg).
By Ludovic Mauchien
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Denys Morozov, unique double Olympic coach
He calls them Iry and Lika. He has known them since 2005. One was 9 years old, the second 13. Irina Zaretska and Anzhelica Terliuga are now World n°1 and in the race for the Olympic gold medal. He, it is Denys Morozov, coach of Niza in Odessa. Former competitor who started to coach very young, the Ukrainian is the only one to have qualified for the Olympics 2 athletes from his club, whom he himself trained and whom he still coaches. Everything but a coincidence. This karate enthusiast has his own method, forged over the years. He reveals it to us through the preparation for the Games of the two champions.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : DR
Stanislav Horuna : « We are just going out for trainings »
How do they live their first Olympic days ? How do they feel ?... Until August 5, start of the Karate tournament, we will give you news of the champions who compete in the Games. That’s the WhatsApp interview. Today, Ukraine’s Stanislav Horuna, one of the main contenders for the Gold in -75 kg.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : DR
