Olympic athletes Skylar Park and Josipa Kafadar joined a youth taekwondo championships event in Winnipeg on Saturday for a meet-and-greet and autographs.
On Saturday, Winnipeg was the official send-off hub for local star Skylar Park and Josipa Kafadar from Burnaby B.C. attending the Paris 2024 Olympic games as Team Canada taekwondo competitors.
The duo made a special appearance at a youth, cadet and junior national taekwondo championships event earlier on Saturday for a meet and greet, and autograph session.Park grew up in Winnipeg and still trains in the city today. She says it was super exciting to attend the event and be able to have a special meeting with the competitors.
“It’s an honour to be here and meet the young athletes at the junior, synchronized and youth level. This is where I started my journey in sport as well, and this was my first competition,” she added.Park says this competition is where her journey began and she still remembers competing at nationals in 2010.“To be here with the taekwondo community, who shares that same passionate love for the sport is special, especially just to get me excited as I head out to the Olympic games,” she said.
Park and Kafadar will soon be headed overseas to prepare for the Olympics, which open on July 26. “It’s my first Olympics and hopefully not my last,” said Kafadar.
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