A total of 20 countries earned at least one ticket to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games after one day of competition of the two-day WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 1st Youth Olympic Games at the High Performance Sports Center of Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico on March 3, 2010.
Korea earned three tickets to the Youth Olympic Games to be held in August in Singapore, while nine countries won two tickets each to the Singapore event. The nine countries are Germany, Russia, Egypt, France, China, Mexico, Cuba, the United States, and Kazakhstan.
Ten countries garnered one ticket each to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. They are Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Thailand, Jordan, Colombia, Spain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, and Canada.
A total of 385 athletes, including 216 males, from 96 countries are competing for tickets to Singapore for the Youth Olympic Games at the WTF World Qualification Tournament, which features five male and five female weight divisions.
Through this qualification tournament, a total of 30 male and 30 female athletes, the top six athletes per weight category, are qualified for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.
A total of 100 athletes are to compete for top honors at the taekwondo competition of the Youth Olympic Games. Host Singapore automatically earns three male and three female tickets to Singapore, while the remaining 34 tickets will be decided upon through consultations among the International Olympic Committee, the National Olympic Committees and the World Taekwondo Federation.
On March 4, athletes will compete for another 30 tickets to Singapore in five weight categories: men’s -48kg, men’s -63kg, men’s +73, women’s -44kg and women’s -55kg.
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The following are the competition results after one day of World Qualification Tournament.
Qualifiers for 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Men’s -55kg Category
1. Mahmood Haidari (Afghanistan)
2. Ebrahim Mardani Korani (Iran)
3. Oscar Munoz Oviedo (Colombia)
3. Mohamed Abdelazizk (Egypt)
5. Mamayev Nursultan (Kazakhstan)
6. Jose Cobas Del (Cuba)
Men’s -73kg Category
1. Jin Hak Kim (Korea)
2. Sirazhov Aliaskhab (Russia)
3. Dominishyn Maksym (Ukraine)
3. Gulec Tahir (Germany)
5. Samaha Michel (Lebanon)
6. Sabuhi Ismayilzada (Azerbaijan)
Women’s -49kg Category
1. So Hui Kim (Korea)
2. Touran Dana (Jordan)
3. Worawong Pongpanit (Thailand)
3. Nour Abdelsalam (Egypt)
5. Bates Jessle (U.S.A.)
6. Melani Phan (Canada)
Women’s -63kg Category
1. Haby Niare (France)
2. Soo Yeon Jeon (Korea)
3. Nagore Irigoien Elosegi (Spain)
3. Gulec Rabia (Germany)
5. Ana Perez Hernandez (Mexico)
6. Rea Budic (Croatia)
Women’s +63kg Category
1. Faiza Taoussara (France)
2. Fei Lulu (China)
3. Briseida Acosta Balarezo (Mexico)
3. Ivanova Olga (Russia)
5. Yulemi Escalona (Cuba)
6. Silva Michelle (U.S.A.)
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