This week, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, will host the European Taekwondo Championships in the cadet and youth age category (U21), in which nine Israeli fighters will take part.
Under normal circumstances Avishag Samberg - a bronze medalist from Tokyo - was part of the delegation, but the 19-year-old fighter recently returned to training at a relatively low intensity after the end of the Olympics for her, while the rest of the team expects other goals in two days.
Although the period of criteria for the games in Paris has not yet been approved, there is no doubt that any international competition will constitute
Tom Peshkovsky // Photo by Yifat Zeiler,
On Tuesday, the European Youth Championships (U21) will begin, with Tom Pashkovsky (up to 54 kg, 5th place in the European Championships. In the Olympic squad), Uri Patishi (up to 58 kg), Dana Azran (73+ kg), Ben Avidan (up to 68 kg), Itamar Sasson (up to 74 kg) and Noa Price (up to 57 kg).
A day later, she will set off in the same European Cadet Championship Hall (U14), which will be attended by Ron Yantsuk (up to 37 kg), Hadar Abarbanel (up to 55 kg) and Lipaz Hajma (59+ kg). The delegation will be accompanied Coaches Mark Berginsky and Roman Rusinov.
When does who participate?
24.8 - Uri Patishi
25.8 - Lipaz Hajma, Ron Yantsuk, Tom Peshkovsky, Itamar Sasson, Noa Price and Dana Azran
26.8 - Hadar Abarbanel
27.8 - Ben Avidan
Then, on Saturday, the competition for the World Cup round for seniors will open, also in Tallinn, with the participation of Peshkovsky, Patishi, Azran, Sasson, Price and Rebecca Baich (up to 46 kg) - a bronze medalist from the 2021 European Championships.
Noa Shamida, CEO of the Taekwondo Association: "Tomorrow we begin the journey to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028. We have very young and talented male and female fighters, and a winning coaching staff. I wish the Israeli team a lot of success. "
