Gambiaj.com – (Minnesota, USA) – At the end of the month, Maple Grove’s Alasan Ann will head to Paris to compete in the Olympics in taekwondo. Alasan Ann trains for the Olympics at his business, World Taekwondo Academy in Andover, Minnesota.
Ann’s mom, Adja Kaba, Ann’s mom, Adja Kaba, enrolled all three of her sons in taekwondo to help with self-confidence. “One day he told me… ‘I want to go to the Olympics.’ It was his dream,” Kaba said. But Alasan’s journey to Paris has had its obstacles. Watch this VIDEO report of Minnesota’s KARE 11 News.