Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakapumautia e te kaiwhawhai taekwondo o Ingarangi a Aaron Cook tana mahere ki te whakataetae mo Moldova i te Olympics 2016 i Rio. Ko Cook, 24, i whanau mai i Dorset, i warewarehia mo te kapa taekwondo o Great Britain i Ranana 2012, i tono mo te taangata i muri i tana whiwhinga moni mai i te piriona piriona Moldovan Igor Iuzefovici a kua riro mai tana uruwhenua mai i te kawanatanga iti o te rawhiti o Europi. 'Ka timata wawe ahau i tetahi haerenga hou e tohu ana i te Republic of Moldova i nga whakataetae International katoa me te tumanako ko nga taakaro Olympic o Rio me tua atu, mena ka tohu ahau,' i tuhia e Cook i runga i tana whaarangi Facebook. Ko te toa Pakeha e toru nga wa a Aaron Cook (matau) kua whakakahore ki te whawhai mo Great Britain mai i te Mei 2012. Kua whakawhiwhia te whetu taekwondo o Ingarangi ki te mana whenua o Moldova me te whakamahere ki te whawhai mo ratou i Rio 2016. 'Ahakoa e pouri ana ahau, e pouri ana hoki, e kore ahau e tohu i taku whenua whanau i tetahi atu whakataetae nui, i mahara ahau kaore he whiringa ke atu. 'He toa ahau i roto i te ngakau, ā, kāore au i te tuku i ngā tau 20 o te whakatapunga, nā te mea he mahi ā-ture.' Ko Cook, i whawhai mo te Team GB i Beijing 2008, i whakaaro ia kua warewarehia ia mo Ranana 2012 - i te wa i tohua ai a Lutalo Muhammad, i riro i a ia te parahi - na te mea i whakatau ia ki te whakamutu i te kaupapa a Ingarangi i te 2011. Kei te pouri a Cook i te mea kua warewarehia ia mo Lutalo Muhammad, nana nei i wini te parahi i Ranana 2012. Kua whakakahore tonu a GB Taekwondo i tenei, engari kua kore a Cook ki te whakataetae i raro i te haki o Ingarangi mai i te Haratua 2012 a kua whawhai ia mo te Moutere o Man mai i te timatanga o te 2013. 'He tau whakamiharo e rua e ki ana i ngā maharatanga, ā, i hiahia ahau ki te haere tonu ki te whakataetae i raro i te haki o te Motu o Mana,' ka mea a Cook. "Kāore e taea, i te mea i mārama mai ki a au i te marama o Mei o te tau kua hipa, i muri i te wikitoria i te Pākehā mō te wā tuatoru, e kore e taea e ahau te tīpakohia mo te Team GB, ahakoa te tūranga o te ao me aku mahi. Ka whakataetae a Cook ki a Mauro Sarmiento i ngā kēmu Olympic i Beijing i te tau 2008. 'Kāore i whiwhi pūtea, kāore rānei...
I warewaretia a Aaron Cook e te kapa GB mō ngā Orimipia o Rānana. Kua riro i te whetu taekwondo te mana whenua o Moldova me te whakamahere ki te whawhai mo ratou i nga Taakaro Rio 2016. Ka taea pea e te British Olympic Association te aukati i te nekehanga.