Bianca Prepare dinner will symbolize the Isle of Man at Might’s taekwondo European Championships in a late try to succeed in the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Just one athlete can symbolize Nice Britain within the ladies’s +67kg division in Paris however two-time Olympic bronze medallist Prepare dinner trails Rebecca McGowan.
A powerful efficiency in Serbia might assist 32-year-old Prepare dinner – nee Walkden – beat McGowan to the spot.
“It’s nice to have the chance to symbolize the Isle of Man,” mentioned Prepare dinner.
The three-time world champion added: “My purpose is to point out my type for choice for Group GB whereas on the identical time representing the Isle of Man in World Taekwondo in competitions together with the European Championships.”
Liverpool-born Prepare dinner, who had surgical procedure on each knees final yr, has household from the Isle of Man and whereas the island is just not a part of the UK, its residents are British and athletes are eligible for choice for Nice Britain.
Prepare dinner has gained the European Championships on 4 events and is aiming to win an unprecedented fifth title in Belgrade.
Prepare dinner is married to Aaron Prepare dinner, who competed for Nice Britain on the 2008 Olympics, however was missed for London 2012 regardless of being ranked world primary on the time.
After quitting the GB programme, he switched to symbolize the Isle of Man and later represented Moldova on the 2016 Olympics.
Bianca Prepare dinner will stay a part of the GB programme, with efficiency director Gary Corridor saying she retained GB Taekwondo’s “full help”.