European Olympic Qualifiers - LIVE

Follow the Olympic qualifiers live. Jenna competed on Friday and Matti competes on Sunday:

Real-time result tracking:
Saturday: https://wt.uptkd.com/control_accesos_ant.php?camp=30 
Friday: https://wt.uptkd.com/control_accesos_ant.php?camp=29

You should click on the "show fights" button, and the order of the matches on the field will appear at the bottom of the page.

Sunday 9.5.

Matti's first match number was 111. The opponent was the fast and skilled Imamaddin Khalilov from Azerbaijan, to whom Matti lost 19-3. Azerbaijan won the series and will go to the Paralympics. Mat's ranking is 3.

Sunday Charts>>

Saturday 8.5.

On Saturday, Suvi Mikkonen competed for the Finns. In the opening match, he faced 112 Dutchman Bodine Schoenmakers (opponent information in taekwondo data>>). Suvi won the match 15-11.

In the second round, Suvi beat experienced Belgian Rahellah Aseman! The fourth time he said it. Next came a tough Pole who was much stronger.

Yle reports: https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11922634
Also read the advance story about Suvi's qualifying from YLE>>

Saturday Charts>>

In summary from Saturday, Suvi's wonderful performances can be stated. Even though there were no points in the last match, knocking down Aseman was a tough feat. 3 previous attempts did not produce results, but in the most important place the performance was downright terrible.

Friday 7.5.

Jenna's match number was 211. The opponent was the experienced Cecilia Castro-Burgos from Spain, who has e.g. three EC medals. Castro-Burgos was stronger with 35-5 points.

Among other Finns, Niko Saarinen competed in the men's under 58 kg category on Friday. In the match, he defeated Sevede Naghibzadeh, who fought with 108 refugee status. Next in the match was the French 220 Cyrian Ravet, to whom Niko lost 30-10.

Friday Charts>>
Cecilia Castro-Burgos in taekwondo data>>
Friday's results>>

In summary from Friday, of course, it can be stated that the Finns did not reach the Olympic place. Jenna's coach Teemu Heino stated:"Been really bad with injuries already last "season" and unfortunately the same trend continued when Jenna's cruciate ligaments snapped during sparring before Christmas. I wouldn't have had time to recover from the surgery before the qualifiers, so we took the straw that the knee would have time to fully recover for these games. For a while, it looked pretty good when we were able to do sport exercises at the end of February, but there wasn't enough time for 100% to heal. And with an almost healed knee, you just can't do it in these games. I don't think there's any reason to analyze the match itself any further. The knee couldn't take the full blow and the match was very clear until then.

The news is updated.