Jenna and Matti to the Olympic and Paralympic qualifications

The Olympic qualification is held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The qualifiers were moved once, but after the successful European Championships held in the same place, the places in Tokyo can be divided. Health and safety measures are strict during the tournament. The entire competition takes place in a bubble built inside a hotel. In addition, the match event itself is still a bubble within a bubble. In the Olympic qualification, the best two in the series get the race ticket, and in the Paralympic qualification, the winner of the entire series. In both competition formats, qualifying is conducted with a merciless direct cup diagram.

In addition to the TU11 representatives, Turku's Niko Saarinen in the men's under 58 kg category and Madrid-based Suvi Mikkonen in the women's under 57 kg category will participate in the qualification from Finland.

Jenna Partanen, taekwondo, women under 67 kilos, Match day Friday 7.5.

Jenna's set is very curly. There are twenty people who can realistically claim a race ticket. The only standout early favorite is the series' number one in Europe, France's Magda Wiet-Hen. Jenna took on Wiet-Henin at the 2019 Universiade, bending just fine.

However, Jenna's finishing has gone well and Jenna goes to the tournament in the role of a challenger, but with confidence.

Matti Sairanen, para-taekwondo, men under 61 kilos, combined disability category K44-K43, Match day Sunday 9.5.

Matti is ranked number one in the series in his own disability category K44. The athletes coming from the combined series K43 are significantly more seriously injured, so the starting situation is good. However, the competition format does not allow for bad luck or mistakes. The strongest resistance in the forehand is Azerbaijan's Imamaddin Khalilov.

Jenna Partanen

Jenna Partanen (b. 1996) lives in Helsinki and represents the Helsinki Taekwondourheilijat 2011 club in taekwondo and studies medicine at the University of Helsinki. He started taekwondo at the age of 10, and his best achievements are the under-21 European Championship bronze, the 5th place in the European Championship in the Olympic weight classes and the 5th place at the Universiade. Jenna competes in the women's under 67 kg weight class. He is coached by Teemu Heino assisted by Sampo Pajulampi and Pauli Raivio.

Matti Sairanen

Matti Sairanen (b. 1985) lives in Espoo and represents the Taekwondo athletes 2011 club from Helsinki in taekwondo. He has represented Finland in the Pyeongchang Paralympic snowboarding in Banked Slalom (20th) and Snowboard Cross (17th), and won two silver and one bronze in the Taekwondo Para World Championships. In taekwondo, Mat's disability class is K44 and his weight class is under 61 kilos. Combined disability category K44+K43 will be held in Tokyo. He has been injured in a traffic accident. He is coached by Sampo Pajulampi, who also serves as the head coach of the national parataekwondo team.