He slaps 8-year-old after losing, talks Kosovo coach

An 8-year-old taekwondiste from Kosovo was slapped by its coach in a race in Tirana. The coach is also her father. He has said the slap was easy and intended to calm the girl who was reacting emotionally after losing to the Serbian racer. They didn't talk about the case from the federation.

Faces of Kosovo and Serbian athletes are very rare. But when they happen, they get great attention both in Kosovo and Serbia.

On Sunday, the victory of an eight-year-old contestant from Serbia over the Kosovo racer remained in the shadows of action that made a big fuss.

The 8-year-old Taekondist from Kosovo lost from the Serbian contestant in the finals of the European Championship for Cards and Children that took place in Tirana.

The new Taekwondist, V.F., was slapped by her father and coach, Valmir Fetiu.

The coach from Suhareka, Fetiu, stresses that the slap was not about the defeat by the Serbian taekwondist, but to calm his daughter.

It was to calm her down after getting close to her heart. It was a little slap, it was for my daughter. She started to cry and scream and I didn't want to see her in front of others in that state of”, Fetiu said on Sunday afternoon for TIME.

In the video, which caused a stir and spread far and wide in different parts of the region, the coach is seen pulling first for 8-year-old helmets, which fall to the floor in despair for the loss, rises crying and then gets a slap on the coach.

The judge initially warned the Kosovo coach of action and later reported it.

The event in Tirana has also been widely reported in Serbian media. Fetiu's unwise act has taken attention to his daughter. It has become known that Coach Fetiu will be suspended for six months from the taekwondo sport.

The new Taekwondist, V.F., was in the gold medal contest in the Europeans that started on November 7th and ended on Sunday. She won silver for children. For gold medals he fought after two wars won.

“was the race for first place. She took second place, far better than the racer from Serbia. She's an eight-year-old girl and started crying. I told him to calm down. It wasn't a slap, a touch on his face to calm him down and say he's done and to see him say hello the way a sportsman looks at”, Coach Fetiu points out.

Valmir Fetiu points out that the referee damaged his daughter throughout the war.

She's very good. She was in first place. The loss took second place in Europe. Two wars went through the finals. It was working with the Serb and more sensitive and it was because it was much better.

that. I don't know why it's stuck, but it must have influenced why I lose to the Serb. She always grabbed his leg and the judge leaned towards her. We got a lot of stuff, I grabbed him and I told him to stop and get ready for the next race. No one likes my child more than me. It melts all the wealth behind my child, it's logical. That was to calm him down. Prepared to gain first place”, Fetiu has indicated.

KOHA has also contacted the chairman of the Kosovo Federation of Taekwondo, Arsim Agushin. Upon understanding the question, Agush interrupted the call. COHA has been asked by written questions FTK's but no answer.

Public reactions to the coach's move have started in Kosovo.