|
|
 |
Home |
News Archive |
Contact Us
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
32 Countries Grab Tickets to 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games |
| |
|
A total of 32 countries clinched at least one ticket to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games after two days of qualification tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, which wrapped up on March 4, 2010.
Host Mexico and Russia earned five tickets each to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, while Korea and Germany grabbed four tickets to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
|
| |
| Mexico's Fejzic Damir (left) and Russia’s Minin Konstantin exchange kicks in the men’s -63kg class on the second and final day of the WTF World Qualification Tournament for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games at the High Performance Sports Center of Baja California in Tiajuna, Mexico on March 4, 2010. The Russian advanced to the final match. |
A total of 32 countries clinched at least one ticket to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games after two days of qualification tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, which wrapped up on March 4, 2010.
Host Mexico and Russia earned five tickets each to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, while Korea and Germany grabbed four tickets to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
Iran, France, China and the United States earned three tickets, while six countries - Ukraine, Jordan, Canada, Cuba, Egypt and Turkey - got two berths.
Eighteen countries won one ticket to the taekwondo competition of the 1st Youth Olympic Games. They are Afghanistan, Thailand, Colombia, Spain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Croatia, Argentina, Great Britain and Sweden.
A total of 385 athletes from 96 countries competed for tickets to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games at the WTF World Qualification Tournament, which featured five male and five female weight divisions.
Through the qualification tournament, a total of 30 male and 30 female athletes, the top six athletes per weight category, were 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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following are the competition results after Day 2 of World Qualification Tournament.
Qualifiers for 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Men’s -48kg
1. Reza Hassanzadeh (Iran)
2. Luxas Lautaro Guzman (Argentina)
3. Gregory English (U.S.A.)
3. Norbert Szekely (Germany)
5. Rasulov Abubakir (Uzbekistan)
6. Gili Haimovitz (Israel)
Men’s -63kg Category
1. Byeong Deok Seo (Korea)
2. Minin Konstantin (Russia)
3. Alejandro Valdes Juarez (Mexico)
3. Bekcan Sungu (Turkey)
5. Mario Silva (Portugal)
6. Anikiej Marcin (Poland)
Men’s +73kg Category
1. Alsadeq Yazan (Jordan)
2. Liu Chang (China)
3. Stefan Bozalo (Canada)
3. Ahmadsei Ibrahim (Germany)
5. Lomali Betigov (Russia)
6. Jose Ramos Robles (Mexico)
Women’s -44kg Category
1. Anastasia Valueva (Russia)
2. Maryam Shirjahani (Iran)
3. Yi Li Zhao (China)
3. Seyma Tuncer (Turkey)
5. Hajer Musapha (France)
6. Iryna Romoldanova (Ukraine)
Women’s -55kg Category
1. Monica Chavez Rivera (Mexico)
2. Jennifer Agren (Sweden)
3. Nguyen Thanh Thao (Vietnam)
3. Jade Jones (Great Britain)
5. Gbagbi Ruth Marie (Cote d’Ivoire)
6. Ben Rahma Ali (Tunisia)
Source:http://www.wtf.org |
| |
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
Print
