The ultimate guide to follow Karate in Tokyo
Don’t miss it ! 10 days to go to the Karate Games, the ultimate guide to follow Karate at the Tokyo Olympics. You love Karate, you should have it ! 82 athletes, 82 photos, 82 CV, 82 stories, 82 pronostics, 1 clic
Asgari suspended, Scott goes to the Olympics !
That’s a breaking news ! The World champion and Olympics n°1 (-75 kg), Iran’s Bahman Asgari, will not participate to the Tokyo Olympics following a doping test in the Karate1Lisbon (April 30th-May 2nd) that turned positive. Suspended for one year, he cannot attend the Games.
US Thomas Scott, the highest ranked in the Olympic standing (6th), who failed to qualify in Paris mid-June, is now on his way to Tokyo.
Par Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
Zaretska, Terliuga, Serogina and Matoub train together
Before the French championships (July 10-11), the ASS Sarcelles club went to Odessa (Ukraine) to participate to a training camp with its foreign strangers athletes (Irina Zaretska and Anzelikha Terliuga).
In Ukraine, the training camp was headed by Denys Morozov, Zaretska and Terliuga’s coach, and Daniel De Barros (Head Coach of Sarcelles). At this occasion, Lamya Matoub (Algeria), Irina Zaretska (Azerbaijan), Anzelikha Terliuga and Anita Serogina (Ukraine) train together to prepare the Olympics.
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 Olympics / We know the last 4 qualified athletes
We now know the 82 athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. The WKF announced the names of the last 4 chosen by the tripartite commission and by the WKF. Almosawi (Kuw), Smorguner (Ger) and Jovanoska (Mkd) in Kata, Leila Heurtault (Fra) in -61 kg are the lucky ones.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : 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
