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LOCAL Friday 16 September 2022

Elliott Loonstra PLY and coach Luciano Mazzeo attend 2nd event

of the World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix Series

Elliott Loonstra PLY and his coach Luciano a great job during this event in Paris finish-
Mazzeo attended the 2nd event of the ing in 5th place, an improvement from the
World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix Series first event from the series in Bulgaria where
that took place in Paris, France on Sep- he finished 9th.
tember 5th, 2022. The event was held at
the Palais de Sports Marcel Cerdan and Elliott Loonstra PLY is currently in Brazil for
was attended by 28 countries from across another tournament in preparation for the
4 continents. 3rd event in the World Para Taekwondo
Grand Prix Series, which will take place
In this event only the top 12 athletes glob- in Manchester, England in October. El-
ally in each category were allowed to liott Loonstra PLY took 5th place the last
participate in the matches. Loonstra who time he was in Manchester and he and
is currently 10th in the world fought against his team are looking for podium in the up-
Spajic from Serbia, who is currently 9th in coming competition. Elliott Loonstra PLY
the world. This made for an exciting match, and his team would like to thank CEME-
because it was a fight not just for the semi- DAR, BodyZone Fitness and Roro Fitness
finals, but also for ranking. Elliott Loonstra for all the help they have provided during
PLY did his best, but the match ended in these last months helping him move to-
favor of the Serbian. Elliott Loonstra PLY did wards his goals.q