They will not go to the Olympics. Their testimonies
Thomas Scott, Eleni Chatziliadou, Jordan Thomas, Vicky Panetsidou, Sara Cardin, Alexandra Recchia, George Tzanos, Douglas Brose, Maria Torres Garcia, Rodriguo Rojas, Alisa Buchinger… Their dream was broken at the Paris qualifiers (June 11-13). Their social media posts touched us. Certainly imbued with sadness, they are also full of humanism, hope and truthfulness. Simply emotions.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : DR
Tokyo 2021 / Plank, Grande, Kalnins, Madera… new qualified for the Games
32 athletes qualified by the ranking, 24 by the OQT + 8 Japanese. It remained to know the 12 qualified via the criterion of continental representation. It’s done. The WKF has officially announced their names.The IOC has also chosen 2 athletes under the banner of Olympic refugees, who do not fall within the quota of 80 athletes. Of the 82 Tokyo Olympians, we therefore know 78 of them. The last 4 tickets will be awarded by invitation by a tripartite commission.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
Tokyo 2021 / The 56 qualified athletes for the Olympics
The Games are done for the qualification. 24 new athletes printed their tickets last weekend for the Tokyo Olympics during the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Paris (June 11-13). We now know 7 of the 10 qualified ones by category. Among the 3 remaining places to be given, 1 is reserved for the Japanese, the other 2 will be delivered via a continental selection criterion and by IOC wild card. The 56 official qualified athletes.
By Ludovic Mauchien
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ParisKarate2021 / Noah Bitsch will go to Tokyo
In this second day of the olympic qualification tournament, 9 athletes won their pass to Tokyo. The most famous are the US Ariel Torres Gutierrez in male kata, Anita Serogina from Ukraine in -61kg and Noah Bitsch from Germany in -75kg.
By Florian Fournier
Photos : D.R
ParisKarate2021 / Quirici and Arkania did the job
Before the OQT, Elana Quirici from Switzerland and Gogita Arkania from Georgia were very close to get their ticket to Tokyo. Today, they did the job and got their qualification for the OLympics.
By Florian Fournier
Photos : D.R
ParisKarate2021 / Ils sont qualifiés pour les JO ! Qualified for the Olympics !
🇬🇧 (🇫🇷👇) Samdan, Almasatfa and Farzaliyev in -67 kg, Goranova, Zhangbyrbay and Chernysheva in -55 kg, Bozan, Feracci and Juettner in Kata got their tickets for the Tokyo Olympics today Friday at Paris-Coubertin on the 1st day of the Olympic qualification tournament. Their final 4 in detail.
🇫🇷 Samdan, Almasatfa et Farzaliyev en -67 kg, Goranova, Zhangbyrbay et Chernysheva en -55 kg, Bozan, Feracci et Juettner en Kata ont obtenu leur billet pour les JO de Tokyo aujourd’hui vendredi à Paris-Coubertin lors du 1er jour du tournoi de qualification olympique. Leur final 4 dans le détail.
Par Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos