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Recent events: TUESDAY 22 JUNE 2004 WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE 2004 WEDNESDAY 7 JULY 2004 MX is the free weekday newspaper available from 160 places in and around Melbourne. FRIDAY 9 JULY 2004 SUNDAY 8 AUGUST 2004 Carlo would love to have you send him off on his flight to Athens. Come down to the Melbourne International Terminal at the departures area at 2pm on Sunday the 8th of August. We hope to see you there!
OLYMPIC UPDATE: Carlo's flights have now been booked for Athens. He will leave Australia on 8 August and return to Australia on 1 September. Come and see Carlo off to Athens. Carlo would love to have you send him off on his flight to Athens. Come down to the Melbourne International Terminal at the departures area at 2pm on Sunday the 8th of August. We hope to see you there! Just in case you don't know, Carlo's day of competition is on Friday 27 August. Keep an eye out on Channel 7 or SBS for coverage on the day!
UPDATE Taekwondo Olympic team officially announced! Carlo found out today that he has been officially selected to be part of the 2004 Athens Taekwondo Olympic team in the -68kg division. Carlo is one of four members to be part of the team. The other players selected were: Daniel Trenton -80kg, Tina Morgan 67+kg and Caroline Bartasek -67kg. Well done to all of the team. We wish them the best in the lead up to the Olympics.
UPDATE We have posted new photos from the Olympic Regional Qualifications in Thailand, as well as Carlo's recent appearance as Hutch (from the Starsky and Hutch movie) at the Telstra Dome!
Australian
results from the Saturday 14 February 2004 -- Caroline Bartasek qualifies in the -67 division for the Olympics. She won against Iran 3 - 2 (-1). Lost to Phillipines 3 (-2) - 1 in semi-final and Kazakhstan withdrew giving Caroline 3rd position. Daniel Trenton qualifies for Athens in -80 division. He beat Kazakhstan in Bronze medal match 6 (-1) - 1 (-2). Sunday 15 February 2004 -- Carlo wins first fight against Cambodia 4-0. Carlo is in the semi-final after winning 11 (-1) - 2 (-2) against India. Next is Malaysia to qualify! Carlo is going to Athens after beating Malaysia 2 (-2) - 0 (-2). (10:17pm AEDT) Carlo withdrew against Iran in final, placing him 2nd in the event. UPDATE
FROM CARLO Hi everyone! Firstly, thank you for all of your well wishes and emails. My knee is recovering well and I am back at training in the lead up to Olympic Regional Qualifications in Thailand. As yet I haven't officially been selected and won't find that out until the 2nd of February. As soon as I know whether I will be going I will post it on the site. I have had a great response to the Olympic Diary I wrote for the latest Australasian Taekwondo Magazine, which I will continue to write in the lead up to Athens, I am so glad you enjoyed reading it and that it gives you a better insight into the life of an athlete. I have had lots of queries about the documentary that is covering my journey to Athens and as yet you can't purchase a copy but I will let you know when it will be available and when it will be released for television. I am very excited for you to share my journey. Thank you again for all of your support and encouragement, it means alot! Watch this space for the announcement of who will go to the Qualifications in Thailand! Keep training hard and remember; anything is possible if you believe strongly enough. Carlo
UPDATE: Carlo will be on SEN Radio (1116 on the AM band!) on Friday 5th March at 2:30pm on the "Road to Athens" program. Tune in to hear how Carlo is going after qualifying for the Olympics. Also keep an eye out for the latest issues of the 'Moonee Valley Leader' and next week's 'Community News - Moonee Valley edition' where Carlo will be a feature story!
World
Olympic Taekwondo Qualifications in Paris Friday 5 December 2003 -- The World Olympic Taekwondo Qualifications in Paris have officially started and the first player to try and qualify was Tumay Humza competing in the -58 Olympic division. Tumay was able to go to the qualifications when Carlo withdrew due to injury. What a great experience for Tumay to compete against some of the best players in his division. Tumay had a bye first round and then went on to win his first match. Tumay then met Uzbekistan and again won. In his third match he met Paul Green from the UK and unfortunately lost this match. Well done Tumay, what a great effort and at such a prestigious event. We look forward to seeing a big future in Taekwondo for Tumay. Only the top three from each division qualifies their country for the Olympics. Qualifying in the -58 Olympic male division were:
Also qualifying on the first day was -49 female Olympic division:
Check out Carlo's website daily to read how the Australians are going and who will qualify for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Tomorrow Carmen Marton competes in the Olympic -57 division. Good Luck Carmen! Saturday 6 December 2003 -- Australian Carmen Marton competed in the female Olympic -57 division. Carmen won her first fight against Argentina and was then unlucky to draw Korea who she lost to. Bad luck Carmen. Hopefully we will see Carmen compete at the Regional Qualifications in February. Qualifying in Carmen's division were:
Qualifying in Carlo's division (Olympic -68) were:
Tina Morgan WON the Olympic 67+ division on 6 December! What a great effort and Australia's first team member to qualify! Tina met hometown France in the final, but obviously wasn't fazed. Also qualifying in Tina's division were:
Qualifying in the Olympic 80+ division were:
Congratulations again Tina! A proud moment for Australia! Daniel Trenton competes in the Olympic -80 division tomorrow. Good Luck Daniel! Monday 8 December 2003 -- Daniel Trenton was unlucky not to qualify in the Olympic -80 division. Daniel lost to Iran in the fourth round. Iran went on to win silver and France won gold. Third place went to Steven Lopez (USA) and fourth went to Azerbaijan. Daniel won three of his matches against Finland, Czechoslovakia, and Great Britain. Daniel will head over to the Regional Qualifications with Carlo in February, where hopefully Australia qualifies the remaining three Olympic spots.
Well done to all the team participating at the World Qualifications in Paris, and congratulations to Tina again for her gold medal win!
Carlo
out for the World Olympic Qualifiers Carlo will not be competing at the Olympic World Qualifiers in Paris in December. Carlo suffered a knee injury (grade 2 medial tear) at the World Championships in September and as such won't have enough preparation time for such a major event with so little lead up time. Carlo will instead focus on the second round of Olympic qualifiers which will be held in Thailand in February and will be for the Asian Region. Carlo has taken some time out from his busy schedule and gone to QLD to be with his family and to work on his recovery. Carlo will be back in Melbourne in the New Year. We wish Carlo all the best in his recovery and preparation for the Olympic Qualifiers in February. Good Luck to the athletes chosen to compete for Australia (tbc) at the World Qualifiers in December. We will let you know how they go!
Results
from World Championships in Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany
FULL REPORT Carlo had a great day of fighting, and after Carmen Marton's loss was Australia's last chance for another medal. Carlo had Switzerland first up, which was an easy first match for him beating the Swiss player 8 –1. Carlo then met Jordan who was more of a match and made Carlo earn his win. It was a nerve-racking match that Carlo won in the last seconds with a score of 7 – 8(-2). Carlo then had Cuba who had been fighting well all day and again made Carlo work hard winning with a close score of 14(-1) – 12. Carlo was then in the quarterfinals against 2001 World Champion, Azerbaijan. This was a match worth waiting for and equaled that of the one they both fought at World Cup 2002, which Carlo had won. Carlo went down in the first round with a twisted knee, as it was the second time he had a bad clash in the same area, so you could see he wasn’t in his normal top form for the rest of the match. AZE scored the points early so Carlo had to play catch up to get back in the game, which was great for the crowd because he scored some great kicks to get close to the AZE. The score was 4 – 5 AZE’s way at the start of the last round and you could see Carlo was pacing himself for the last minute of the match due to his knee but it was a little too late as Carlo couldn’t make that final score, and wasn’t helped with the referee not calling time when AZE ran out of the ring. It was a great fight by Carlo and a disappointing loss for him and Australia, as our last medal chance. AZE went on to win bronze after losing to Korea. Korea won the final against USA, but not without an official protest from USA as the referee seemed to favour Korea. Germany won the other bronze medal. Question to Carlo: "How did you feel about the day especially against Azerbaijan in the quarterfinal?" Carlo had to say: "I was happy with how I fought all day and of course it was disappointing to lose in the quarterfinal, especially against AZE, who I had beaten at the World Cup last year. I knew he was going to be a tough opponent and I was upset that my knee went so early in the match, so I really had to change my tactics to compensate. I was hoping to catch him by surprise with a kick to the flank but unfortunately it didn’t go my way and I ran out of time. The last match we had I beat him in the final seconds by catching him by surprise, unfortunately today it just wasn’t my day. It would have been great to win a medal for Australia, especially coming so close, but I am still happy with my result and the way I fought" Since returning to Australia Carlo had his knee checked out and the results were that Carlo has a Grade 2 medial ligament tear, so will be out of action for a least five weeks. The World Qualifications for the Olympics are in the first week of December in Paris, so Carlo will unlikely be ready for such a big event. There is another qualifications in February, so Carlo will most likely have to compete in those qualifications. We will keep you posted when things are confirmed for Carlo. We are wishing him a speedy recovery!
World Championship
selections Carlo's first fight was with Chris Milligan, a fellow team mate and room mate at the Asian Championships. Carlo had a convincing win of 14-3. Carlo then went into the round robin and met Shane Whiteway. It was another dominant match from Carlo winning with a score of 14-2. Carlo's third opponent withdrew, taking Carlo straight into the deciding final with Humza Jubran. Humza is originally from Jordan and was one of the Australian teams guides when they competed at the Asian Championships in Jordan last year. He is now studying in Sydney. This was always going to be a tough match for Carlo with a great player like Humza coming into his division. The crowd weren't disappointed, it was a great match! The final scores were close with Carlo only narrowly winning 9-8. Humza will be a great asset for Australia in the future! Congratulations Carlo, a great effort. Carlo will head off to the World Championships in Germany from the 24th - 28th of September.
Carlo wins Silver at prestigious Dutch Open in Eindhoven, Holland. Carlo had 6 fights in total, winning his first fight to Egypt 7-6. Then Carlo defeated Norway 11-4. Carlo knocked Croatia out in his 3rd fight. In the quarter-final, Carlo beat Sweden 7-5. The semi-final saw Carlo defeat Spain 11-5. Carlo fought home-town Netherlands in the final and lost 9-11. Carlo broke his little toe in the 2nd round and may need an operation. Well done Carlo, a great effort! Your record still stands as the only Australian to win the Dutch Open (1997)!
22nd March 2003:Carlo wins Croatian Open Olympic event. Carlo beat Croatia 6-2. Then Carlo won against World Champion from Italy after Italy retired with injury.
Moonee Valley
Leader Sports Star award Carlo wins the Moonee Valley Leader Sports Star award! Last night (Tuesday 18th February) Carlo was presented with the award and a cheque for $800. Check out the next issue of the Moonee Valley Leader to check out Carlo's win. Well done Carlo!
SEP (Sports Excellence Program) European trip The SEP (Sports Excellence Program) European trip has just been announced, and Carlo will be leaving Melbourne on 18 March to go to the Croatian Open, where he will participate in two days of competition. The team will then attend the Dutch Open, which Carlo won in 1997 and will be keen to regain the title. It should be an exciting trip with two big competitions and three days of fighting! We wish Carlo the best.
Carlo wins the first of the Australian Olympic trials held in Sydney on December 7th 2002. Carlo competed in the 68kg Olympic weight division for the trials, where he met three opponents after having a bye in the first round. Carlo's first opponent was fellow Hall's training partner Adam Buhagiar. Carlo won easily with a score of 10 - 0. Carlo then met Daniel Jukic and again had a clear win of 15 - 2. In the final Carlo met his close friend Peter Townsend. Carlo finished off the day in fine form with a win of 22 - 4.
The highest score from the final of all of the boys divisions was presented with the Trenton Trophy and with such a high scoring match in Carlo's final, Carlo was the clear winner. Congratulations Carlo on a fantastic effort for the first of the Olympic trials.
Kid's Cheer Competition "Follow the Noise" cheer competition The winner of the teamcarlo cheer competition has been decided and after such a great response Carlo had trouble picking his favourite! We hope you will agree with the winning cheer, which we think is pretty cool! The winner was five year old Leon Mitris, who is currently studying Taekwondo himself and is a big fan of Carlo's, here is his cheer:
We love the cheer Leon and can't wait to start using it at Carlo's next event! Thank you to all the cheer competition entrants. We will be having another competition for the kids soon, so keep an eye out for that! Leon won a teamcarlo
t-shirt, a personally signed World Cup poster where Carlo won Austalia's
first silver medal and a personally signed teamcarlo Carlo's next major competition will be the first of the Olympic trials on the 7th December. We look forward to hearing the new teamcarlo cheer at such an important event and if you haven't got your t-shirts we still have some left, just go to our order page.
World Cup - Japan: Results Carlo wins silver at the World Cup in Japan! It was a great day for Carlo with some tough matches and some very close calls. His first match with Spain had the team almost having a group heartache, with Carlo scoring a point in the last ten seconds to secure the win. He then beat Iran by five points to meet the World Champion Azerbaijan in the semi-finals. Another close match but Carlo's experience won through and again he scored in the final seconds to win by a point. The final saw Carlo meet Italy, the same opponent that had caused all the controversy at the World Championships! The rematch was certainly not short of it's own controversy with Carlo unlucky with a lot of his points. Carlo made history as the first silver medallist at a World Cup for Australia. Well done Carlo! I asked Carlo how the day felt:
The Scores!
Website Launch Sunday the 26th of May marked the official launch of the website teamcarlo.com.au. It was a great day that not only launched the website but also raised funds for Carlo to train and compete overseas in the lead up to the Athens 2004 Olympics. The day started with the screening of a video compile of Carlo practising taekwondo at age six, right through to competing at the 2000 Olympics. It was a great opportunity for those watching to reflect on how long Carlo has been practising his craft and what an amazing athlete he is. The video has inspired the television release documentary that is currently been filmed on Carlo. Olympic gold medallist, Lauren Burns attended and after watching the video relived some of her memories of the Olympics and how Carlo was on the right track for 2004. Certainly one of the highlights of the day was the auctioning off of framed items. Auction Champion Michael McCarthy sold off the pieces that consisted of a limited edition Essendon Football poster, an autographed photo of actor Hugh Jackman and of course photos of Carlo himself. One of the photos of Carlo sold for $450! Fiona Armstrong won the 1st prize in the raffle, a trip for two to the Gold Coast for six nights courtesy of Harvey World Travel Highpoint, and everyone's favourite masseuse Ronnie Branca won none other than the massage package (well about time someone gave him one for a change!) The day was a huge success and most importantly a lot of fun. We hope those of you who missed out will be able to attend the next function we have for Carlo as he gets closer to the Athens Olympics. To those of you who attended, thank you for a making the day special and supporting Carlo. We have had over 1,000 visitors to the site (and thousands of hits!) since it was launched, so we hope everyone is enjoying the site. Keep sending
in your feedback and suggestions too, as the site will always be
growing and so will TEAM CARLO! Remember just follow the noise….
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