World Qualification Tournament for Beijing 2008 - Results
By ETU
Monday, October 01, 2007
The 2007 WTF World Taekwondo Qualification Event for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games took place in Manchester at the M.E.N. Arena from September 28th to 30th. There the first athletes fought for their ticket to Beijing to compete at the Olympic Games next year.The following athletes have been successful (all pool lists and results can also be found on the 'result' page of ETU - click 'info' and then 'results' from the left menu):
Male -58kg:
Mu Yen Chu, Chinese Taipei
Levent Tuncat, Germany
Tshomlee Go, Philippines
Male 58kg - 68kg:
Son Tae Jin, Korea
Gessler Viera Abreu, Cuba
Burak Hassan, Australia
Male 68kg - 80kg:
Sebastien Michaud, Canada
Steve Lopez, USA
Mauro Sarmiento, Italy
Male +80kg:
Mickael Borot, France
Daba Modibo Keita, Mali
Cha Dong Ming, Korea
Female -49kg:
Shu Chun Yang, Chinese Taipei
Daynellis Montejo Poll, Cuba
Ivett Gonda, Canada
Female 49kg - 57kg:
Lim Su Jeong, Korea
Veronica Calabrese, Italy
Premwaew Chonnapas, Thailand
Female 57kg - 67kg:
Gwladys Epangue, France
Hwang Kyung Seon, Korea
Sandra Saric, Croatia
Female +67kg:
Kyriaki Kouvari, Greece
Sarah Stevenson, Great Britain
Ma del Roasario Espinoza, Mexico
Therefore the following countries have secured places for the Beijing Olympics already:
Korea : 4 places
Chinese Taipei : 2
Cuba : 2
France 2
Italy : 2
Canada : 2
Mexico : 1
Great Britain : 1
Germany : 1
Philippines : 1
Australia : 1
Mali : 1
Croatia : 1
Greece : 1
United States : 1
Thailand : 1
Total : 24 places
Congratulations to all the winners! For all other competitors there will be another chance at the Continental Qualification Tournaments held according to the following schedule:
- Nov. 1-3: African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli/Lybia
- Nov. 29 - Dec. 2: Asian Qualification Tournament in HCMC/Vietnam
- Dec. 1: Pan-American Qualification Tournament in Cali/Columbia
- Dec. 7-9: Oceania Qualification Tournament in New Caledonia
- Jan. 26-27 2008: European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul/Turkey