31st January 2008
So all the final Qualification tournaments for the upcoming 2008 Games are finally over. Host Turkey earned four berths for the taekwondo competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after two days which concluded on Jan. 27th.
European taekwondo powers Spain and Germany clinched three places each for the Beijing Olympic Games, while Great Britain, Greece and Sweden won two tickets each through the two-day event.
Eight countries grabbed one ticket each through the qualifier for the Beijing Olympic Games. They are Portugal, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Israel and Norway.
The results are:
Men’s -58kg category
1st : Pedro Miguel Moreira Povoa (Portugal)
2nd : Tyrone Robinson (Great Britain)
3rd : Juan Antonio Ramos Sanchez (Spain)
Men’s -68kg category
1st : Servet Tazegul (Turkey)
2nd : Daniel Manz (Germany)
3rd : Dennis Bekkers (Netherlands)
Men's -80kg category
1st : Bahri Tanrikuku (Turkey)
2nd : Rashad Ahmadov (Azerbaijan)
3rd : Aaron Cook (Great Britain)
Men's +80kg category
1st : Jon Garcia Aguado (Spain)
2nd : Leonardo Basile (Italy)
3rd : Nikolaidis Alexandros (Greece)
Women’s -49kg category
1st : Hanna Zajc (Sweden)
2nd : Manuela Bezzola (Switzerland)
3rd : Sumeyye Gulec (Germany)
Women’s -57kg category
1st : Martina Zubcic (Croatia)
2nd : Azize Tanrikulu (Turkey)
3rd : Bat El Getterer (Israel)
Women's -67kg category
1st : Sibel Guler (Turkey)
2nd : Mystakidou Elisavet (Greece)
3rd : Pinar Budak (Germany)
Women's +67kg category
1st : Rosana Simon Alamo (Spain)
2nd : Karolina Kedzierska (Sweden)
3rd : Nina Solheim (Norway)
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