A super weekend of international games

Sara, Chahrazed and Chaimaa fought for EC medals in Spain

In the past week and weekend, we fought for the EC medals of the match in Spain in the Cadets and Juniors age groups. Taekwondo athletes included Sara in the cadets and Chahrazed and Chaimaa in the juniors. Sara had to bow out in the opening match against the tough Croatian, who eventually advanced to the medal matches of the tournament. Good fight from Sara though.

Chaimaa's road to the opening round was also cut off with a painfully narrow loss of 4-6 against a Turkish opponent. A little fine-tuning, and these can be turned into profits. Chahrazed took the familiar actively and continued to work for points. However, the defense of the Spanish opponent held and the victory in this round went to the hosts.

The European Championships certainly left a hunger for young promises, and the results certainly give us a lot to expect from the future. Race experiences on big fields combined with hard downs are a recipe for future success and this team has both.

Bronze for Alina from the Riga G1 competition

At latitudes slightly north of Spain, in Riga, the G1 medals were contested on the same weekend. The race has usually had a large Finnish representation, and this time was no exception. The attack group of taekwondo athletes included Jenna, Alina, Plum, Iines, Jenny and Venne.

Alina gave quite a storm warning by beating the multiple G1 medalist in the opener and losing in the semi-final extremely tightly in the overtime to the guy from Tanka. Taking home a bronze from a wonderful race day. Opening losses for others this time.

The racing season continues in Porvoo on October 12. and in Vantaa on 26.10.

See you at the gym!