Taekwondo athletes 2011 | Taekwondo | Helsinki | Espoo | Vantaa
In the gym of taekwondo athletes, all standard exercises in the week between Christmas and New Year (week 52) have been cancelled.
- The last training day of 2011, as usual, on Friday 23 December 2011.
- We will return from the Christmas break on Monday 2 January 2012 according to the current 2011 schedule
Merry Christmas to all taekwondo athletes and their families!
The Paris Open, which served as a general practice for the Olympic qualifiers, went moderately well for the Finns. Suvi Mikkonen won two matches and lost to Great Britain's Jade Jones, the series' reigning World Cup silver medalist. Juho Kostiannen also won two matches, but lost to Italy's Claudio Treviso in the third round. Teemu Heino's path to the first round against Croatia's Vedran Golec was already cut off with a 2-2 referee's decision, as even the Extra Set did not bring clarity about the winner.
The Paris Open was the last big tournament before the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament at the end of January.
All results can be found from here>>
On December 4, 2011, indoor competitions with Daedo's electric armor were held in the hall of taekwondo athletes. The competitors were mainly juniors, but there were also some older ones participating to test their match fitness. The juniors diligently played an average of 2-3 matches per nose, with the most enthusiastic taking on up to five matches within three hours.
The taekwondo athletes would like to thank all the participants and welcome them again to the next indoor competitions in early 2012. The exact date will be announced around the turn of the year.
Teemu and Juho started their Spanish camp weekend with a small competition in the beautiful city of Burgos, a couple of hundred kilometers north of Madrid. Teemu beat both his Spanish and French opponents. Juho cleared his first challenge with a routine, but in the second match travel fatigue was visible, and Juho was not able to perform at his sharpest. So the training buddy from Madrid grabbed Juho's place in the finals and Juho won a bronze medal from the Games. The races dragged on late, and after a long car ride, we didn't get to the hotel in Madrid until a little before three in the morning.
In the first belt tests of TU11, the following people achieved the 8 kup belt value:
Kevin Urumov
Okko Pasanen
Emilia Röyttä
Ergjan Feka
Vocker Feka
Aldona Miettinen
Simas Miettinen
Janett Gerlikorge
Ella Jaatinen
Anna Pitkänen
Ida Kuoppala
Jaakko Saha
The belt exam was taken by Petteri Kauppinen (4th dan).
Congratulations to all participants for their first belt, it's good to continue!
The league finals in Turku at the weekend brought two awards to TU11's athletes.
Juho Ranta won the over 80 kg category and at the same time secured the first place in the entire match league.
Sophia Vassilaki won the D-girls under 150 cm category.
More information and all results: http://www.budokwai.fi/taekwondo/content/liigafinaali_default.php
League results on the association's website: http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/?x103997=415924
Videos on Youtube:
Petteri vs. Timo Räkköläinen (HIPKO), short
Petteri vs. Timo Räkköläinen (HIPKO), second round
Here are pictures and videos from the WC. We will add these to this page when we receive them from the photographers. If you have pictures that you would like us to publish, send us a mail at info (a) taekwondourheilijat.fi
TU11 would like to thank all the organizers, participants and spectators of the WC. We especially want to cheer on Timo Räkköläi, who injured his leg in the match against Petter.
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TU11's competitors had great success in the taekwondo championships. Teemu Heino (M +87), Petteri Kauppinen (-80 kg) and Juho Kostianen (-74 kg) took gold in their respective categories. Juho Ranta (M +87) took silver, losing the final to Teemu. Juho and Petteri won their final before full time thanks to the point difference.
The matches between Teemu and Juho and the other Juho were also seen on television.
Sofia Vassilaki took silver in her own series in the children's Noin 7 Veljestä cup, which was also held in connection with the SC Games.
YLE's broadcast of the Olympic wrestling event, Teemu and Juhoje's matches >>
TV2 Sun 06.11.2011 at: 16.50 ….. Olympic wrestling
Finnish Taekwondo Championship Final Matches broadcast
The finals will show at least M +87 kg (Teemu Heino and Juho Ranta) and M -74 kg (Juho Kostiainen). The final contestants will be eliminated on Saturday in the preliminaries of the Championship in Nurmijärvi.
Commentator is the near-legendary Kim Sinisalo.
This year, the SC competitions will be held over two days, with the preliminaries and semi-finals taking place at Nurmijärvi and the finals at the Olympic Wrestling event.
TU11's team:
Juho Kostiainen -74 kg
Petteri Kauppinen -80 kg
Juho Ranta -87 & +87 kg
Teemu Heino +87 kg
In addition, Sofia Vassilaki in the series D1T, 145 cm, will participate in the Noin Seitsemän Veljestä Cup held in Nurmijärvi in connection with the preliminaries.
The finals will be televised, but hopefully as many people as possible will come to cheer on our teammates for the championships. You can buy tickets from the link below.
SM 2011 page: http://www.hwarangry.com/?x103997=127452
Finals in the Olympic wrestling event: http://www.olympiakamppailu.fi/uutiskone/?page_id=13
Tickets for the finals from the ticket office: http://www.lippu.fi/olympiakamppailutapahtuma-Lippuja.html?affiliate=ADV&doc=artistPages%2Ftickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&erid=611352
Download the poster here to print.
Teemu talks about it in Helsinki news.
