Karate 1 Lisbon / Money-time for the Olympic qualifications
Figueira vs Elsawy, Horuna vs Scott, Arkania vs Horne and Ganjzadeh, Bahmanyar vs Plank, Prekovic vs Jumaa vs Alipourkeshka, Heurtault vs Philippe, Quirici vs Li, Hocaoglu vs Chatziliadou… What thrilling and exciting duels await us in Lisbon, for the last Olympic Karate 1 (April 30-May 2). Even if the European championships (May19-23) should play a big role in the allocation of the last ticket for the Tokyo Olympics (5-7 August), this Karate 1 in Lisbon is decisive for many. Update on the issues, category by category.
By Ludovic Mauchien
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David Félix consultant Karaté pour les JO sur France TV
Le champion du monde 1998 (2000 en équipe) et multiple champion d’Europe sera le consultant de France Télévisions pour l’épreuve de Karaté au Tournoi de Qualification Olympique à Paris (11-13 juin) aux Jeux olympiques de Tokyo (5-7 août). « Une fierté et un honneur » pour David Félix, professeur passionné tout en étant présentateur-animateur de divers événements. Sa réaction.
Par Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : DR
The President of the Turkish Federation died of Covid
The Karate World is in mourning again. A few weeks after the death of the Kazakh Vice President, Zhastalap Sanauov, the dynamic and influential President of the Turkish Federation, Esat Delihasan, passed away yesterday, Sunday, April 19. The 52-year-old was swept away by Covid after struggling for two weeks in hospital. International in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, he had successively been coach and technical director of the Turkish federation before becoming its president. Member of the WKF executive committee, Esat Delihasan had allowed Turkish Karate to come back to the forefront of the international scene. Karate is losing one of its major players. Rest in peace Esat !
By Ludovic Mauchien
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Test-matches in France / The best of
Brose, the Da Costa and Abdesselem brothers, Horne, Philippe, Heurtault, Grillon, Sivert, Matoub, Jacquet, Avazeri, Garin, Pavlov… They were all in action last week-end for the test-matches in France, 3 weeks before the Karate 1 in Lisbon.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : DR
Sakura Kokumai model for team USA
Team USA shows its outfit for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics Games. An outfit 100% green and sustainable. To represent this project, Sakura Kokumai has been chosen with a few other American athletes.
By Florian Fournier / Photo : Joel Griffith/DR
Test matches in France/ 20 countries are fighting
About twenty nations (Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan…) will be this weekend (April 10-11) in the National training center in Châtenay-Malabry (near Paris) for the 2nd test-matches organized by the French federation. All the French team, Crescenzo, Brose, Quirici, Plank…
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo: Kphotos
