Eric Phamhung (ON) in blue beat the more experienced Eric Gosselin (QC) in Finweight, but lost to Jocelyn Addison (QC) who took the division (C.P. photo)
The results are in and Canada has a new Taekwondo team for the Pan Am Games:
| Unofficial Results – Pan Am Team Trials | ||
| Canadian Team | ||
| Female Fin | Ivett Gonda | Female Bantam | Shannon Condie | Female Light | Karine Sergerie | Female Heavy | Dasha Peregoudova | Male Fin | Jocelyn Addison | Male Bantam | Ali Ghafour | Male Light | Sebastien Michaud | Male Heavy | Eric Ahn |
Jocelyn Addison (QC) will represent Canada in Finweight, the only division pre-qualified by Canada. (C.P. photo)
The top spots were hard won after a two-day tournament in Toronto. Saturday was an open single elimination tournament. Only the two finalists from each division qualified for Sunday, where they would face even tougher competition — the fighters who actually qualified the Pan Am weight division back in October (check out “Mission Accomplished for Qualifier Team”), and any 2007 Olympic Carded athletes in that division.
Sunday’s round-robin format allowed each athlete to fight every other in their division, making many very close and exciting matches. The Pan American Games take place this July in Rio de Janeiro. Taekwondo has been a Pan-Am Game sport since 1987.
 Ali Ghafour (ON) swept the Bantam division which was qualified in October by J.F. Lebreux (QC). (C.P. photo) |
 Ivett vs. Yvette is never boring. Ivett Gonda (red) blasted her way to 12 points, taking the Women's Finweight division. Gonda represented Canada in the 2004 Olympic Games. (C.P. photo) |
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