With an eye on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, top Japanese taekwondo athlete Ruka Okamoto is now planning to take her adventure in the sport overseas.The 18-year-old Okamoto, who was third in the 46-kilogram class at the 2023 world championships, failed, along with all of Japan's other top taekwondo practitioners, to qualify for the Paris Olympics.Introduced to taekwondo at age 3 by her mother Yuriko, who teaches the sport that originated on the Korean Peninsula, Okamoto enjoyed other sports, such as athletics and badminton, as she developed physical strength and flexibility.With her tradem…READ FULL ARTICLE
