00:00 Later this year, Paris will become only the second city to host the Summer Olympic Games
00:06 for a third time, replicating the feat of London in 2012.
00:11 The French capital will see Team GB once again attempt to finish in the top four of the medal
00:15 table, something they've achieved in every Summer Games since 2008.
00:21 In Taekwondo, Britain's success has been few and far between.
00:24 They've won nine medals since the sport was introduced onto the Olympic circuit in the
00:28 year 2000.
00:30 And Caden Cunningham of Yorkshire is looking to build on those records this summer.
00:35 "Yeah, the nerves, everyone has their different level of nerves.
00:39 I assumed once I started getting towards the top and I won my first title of something
00:43 and I won the first big comp, that I'd settle.
00:45 But it seems to have only doubled.
00:47 So I assume by the Olympics I'll be just as nervous, if not, well, likely more so.
00:53 But from the competition I'm expecting and hoping it's smoothly run, there's no interruptions,
00:58 there's no problems like that.
01:00 And it's easy to watch for viewers at home.
01:02 But for myself, it's a stage for me to get tight, build Taekwondo for the UK, but also
01:11 like, sort of, earn what I've been working towards for so long and win that gold."
01:17 And obviously only 20 years old, you've got time to get to multiple Olympic Games really
01:22 throughout your career.
01:24 What are your aims for Paris?
01:26 You know, you've mentioned you are high on confidence, but is it a case of just sort
01:30 of test the waters and see what an Olympic Games is all about?
01:33 "Yeah, I'll be trying to take it in as much as I can because of the experience, but I'll
01:42 be very much so there with the mindset of I am the one who's going to become Olympic
01:46 champion on August the 10th."
01:48 "Did you sort of realise that, you know, hold on, I'm actually getting quite good at this
01:52 and it's something that I could maybe make a career out of, make a living off as well?
01:56 You know, were you talent spotted or how did that sort of spiral into where you are today?"
02:02 "So, yeah, my dad's always been into martial arts.
02:07 My brother's tried it a bit as well.
02:10 And then round about when I was 10, 11, I went to a children's international competition
02:14 in Germany and I won that.
02:17 And I was deadly nervous for that because it was foreign people.
02:20 I've never fought outside of Britain before."
02:22 "How sort of are you pleased that it's a place that's quite close to home as well for an
02:27 Olympic Games and it's in a fantastic city to make your debut?"
02:30 "It being in Paris, it's just a little short trip over the water.
02:34 The time difference isn't a lot.
02:37 And yeah, I wouldn't mind wherever it is.
02:38 Any competition I've been to in Paris has been quite well run and there's loads of fans
02:42 and they're very vocal.
02:44 So I think it'll be a good, it's a good place to have a type one competition in."
02:49 A fantastic young athlete readying for his performances in Paris to shine in the record
02:55 books.
02:56 And if the rest of Team GB go in with his brimming confidence, it'll certainly be a
03:01 positive Games for the nation.
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