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Chinese Taipei strike twice at Muju World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge

  • Taekwondo

Chinese Taipei captured two of the three titles on offer on the opening day of the World Taekwondo Grand

Korea’s Seok Ha-bin following his win against compatriot Lim Dae-won in the bronze-medal bout.World Taekwondo

Challenge where he described the event as "a pathway for aspiring athletes to fulfil their dreams to become taekwondo

Therefore, World Taekwondo is committed to continue promoting such opportunities for aspiring athletes

, including for Para taekwondo which will take place next month."


Mongolia star in Para taekwondo at World Taekwondo President's Cup Oceania

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Three Mongolian athletes earned Para taekwondo golds at the World Taekwondo President's Cup Oceania in

due to host the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics, after they also won two golds yesterday at the Oceania Para

Taekwondo Open Championships.Surenjav Ulambayar followed up yesterday's victory in the women's K44 under

Villalobos.Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Juan Diego García López of Mexico, right, was among the winners at the World Taekwondo

President's Cup Oceania ©Getty ImagesAruna of India was among the other winners at the World Taekwondo

was the other winner in a high-scoring men's over-80kg final 26-13 against Chikara Ito of Japan.Para taekwondo


Israel first nation to register for World Para Taekwondo Championships

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Registrations have opened for this year's World Para Taekwondo Championships in the Mexican city of Veracruz

Taipei, for whom Chen Chien-chiang won a silver medal in the men's K44 under-63kg at the Asian Youth Para

and Silvana Mayara Cardoso Fernandes.Central African Republic are the other nation reported by World Para

Taekwondo Championships are open until July 19, with regular registration beginning the following day

city of Istanbul in 2021, but this year's edition is set to mark a return for poomsae to the World Para

Taekwondo Championships for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Para-taekwondo made


Ulambayar and Bolor-Erdene win golds for Mongolia at Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships

  • Para-Taekwondo News

four-time world champion Ganbatyn Bolor-Erdene ensured Mongolia finished with two golds at the Oceania Para

Taekwondo Open Championships in Brisbane.

Veena Arora.Denmark's Paralympic champion Lisa Gjessing, right, was among the winners at the Oceania Para

Taekwondo Open Championships ©Getty ImagesXiao Xiang-wen of Chinese Taipei took gold in the men's under

completing the podium.Competition is also due to be held in Brisbane tomorrow as part of the World Taekwondo


World Taekwondo approves Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games plans for sport

  • Hangzhou 2022

World Taekwondo officials have given their seal of approval after an inspection visit to the Xiaoshan

Guali Cultural and Sports Center which is set to host Para taekwondo at this year's re-arranged Asian

Para Games.

World Taekwondo technical delegate and Para Taekwondo chairman Usman Dildar and the International Federation's

Para taekwondo director Olof Hansson spent three days in the region."

Each aspect of the preparation was well-maintained and met the requirements of World Taekwondo," Dildar

The Xiaoshan Guali Cultural and Sports Center is designated as the venue for Para taekwondo at the Asian

Games, but the first to include Para taekwondo, which made its debut on the Paralympic programme at


Ghana Sports Minister hails training programme before African Para Games

  • Ghana 2023

held in Accra has been key to preparing technical officials before the staging of the first African Para

which was run by the African Paralympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana.World Para

Games.The African Paralympic Committee staged a training programme to develop Para sports in Accra ©

African Para Games"As you know, in a few months the Republic of Ghana will host the rest of Africa in

the first African Para Games - Accra 2023 - the first of its kind in Africa," said Ussif, as reported

Nigeria, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Ghana all took part in the programme.Athletics, powerlifting, taekwondo


Hosting European Para Championships will strengthen Rotterdam as "sporting city", claims alderman

  • European Para Championships

Rotterdam will strengthen its position as a "sports city" by hosting the inaugural edition of the European Para

archery, badminton, wheelchair tennis, boccia, goalball, wheelchair basketball, judo, shooting and taekwondo

out to the international federation to combine the World Table Tennis Championships with the World Para

 "But Rotterdam has also already hosted the 2016 Para Triathlon World Cup, the 2018 Sitting Volleyball

Rotterdam is due to stage the first-ever European Para Championships in August ©European Para ChampionshipsAchbar

The combination of multiple Paralympic sports at the European Para Championships brings attention to


Accra stages sport development course prior to African Para Games

  • Ghana 2023

The African Paralympic Committee (AfPC) has staged the regional sports training programme in African Para

programme aimed to improve the technical aspects of sports on the programme of the inaugural African Para

Games in Accra.Athletics, powerlifting, taekwondo, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball, goalball

training scheme would "develop the capacity of participants with the knowledge and skills needed for Para

claims that more than 100 athletes and officials from the International Paralympic Committee, World Para

were postponed due to an economic crisis in Ghana, but preparations for the Para Games are said to be


Forty-five Para-taekwondo referees selected for potential Paris 2024 roles

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Forty-five international referees in taekwondo have been selected to potentially officiate at the Paris

tournaments before they are confirmed for a Paris 2024 place.The event took place under a new slogan for Para-taekwondo

- "Para Ti, Para Mi, Para Taekwondo!"

technical delegate for the Paris 2024 Paralympics and the chairman of the Para Taekwondo Committee."

Chelbat delivered the training courses alongside Usman Dildar, the vice chairman of the Para Taekwondo

Mexico is due to host this year's World Para Taekwondo Championships in Veracruz, between September 21


Table tennis places secured at Paris 2024 Paralympics during Virtus Global Games

  • Paralympics

The Virtus Global Games acted as the first event of the Paris 2024 Paralympics qualification programme in table tennis.

impairments in Vichy, France.As well as table tennis, action has also been taking place in tennis, taekwondo

gold medal for the country by beating Manuel Victor Prieto Arevalo of Spain.Australia impressed in Para-dressage


Fifty years young for World Taekwondo at symbolic World Championships in Baku

  • The Big Read

The timing of this year's World Taekwondo General Assembly before the World Championships was no coincidence

May 28 marked 50 years to the day that it was founded as the World Taekwondo Federation in South Korea's

There can be many branches of taekwondo, but the sport taekwondo is one, so no matter what the athletes

practise, sport taekwondo should be one we are embracing all the different taekwondo people and athletes

Plans for a taekwondo statue at the Olympic Museum have been described by World Taekwondo President Chungwon

happy about the decision of International Paralympic Committee to expand more weight categories for Para

We started virtual taekwondo in 2019 just before the Manchester World Taekwondo Championships."


Potential bidders of future European Para Championships invited to Rotterdam

  • European Para Championships

Parties interested in staging a future edition of the European Para Championships (EPC) have been invited

expect that, by attending, potential future hosts will be able to visualise the huge impact the European Para

parasports to the people.Para archery is among the sports that is set to form part of the European Para

Championships ©European Para Championships"We will also be showcasing the sporting, cultural, and media

archery, Para badminton, wheelchair tennis, boccia, goalball, wheelchair basketball, Para judo, Para

shooting and Para taekwondo are set to feature at this year’s EPC.


Para-taekwondo classification attracting more female athletes

  • Para-Taekwondo News

More female athletes are receiving a classification to compete in Para-taekwondo, an official has said

Hadwah Abdelmatloub Moawad, the chairman of World Taekwondo's Para Classification Committee, said the

classifying events held by the governing body.Classification is considered to be the first step in a Para-taekwondo

see the number of female athletes classified in both the events and we wish them best wishes in their Para-taekwondo


Australia to host international taekwondo events for first time since COVID-19

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

International taekwondo is set to return to Australia in July for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic

These events will bring some of the world's best taekwondo athletes, including Para athletes, to Australia

Disciplines in the three events are set to include Kyorugi (sparring), Para-Kyorugi (sparring) and Poomsae

We also acknowledge the support of World Taekwondo and the Oceania Taekwondo Union in delivering world-ranked

For many, taekwondo is a way of life that improves body and mind wellness."

pandemic at the Morayfield Sport and Events Centre ©Australian Taekwondo The World Taekwondo President's


Veracruz announced as host of 2023 World Para Taekwondo Championships

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Veracruz in Mexico has been announced as the host of this year's World Para Taekwondo Championships.

Taekwondo"We are very happy to announce that Veracruz in Mexico will host the next edition of the Para

World Taekwondo Championships," said World Para Taekwondo chairman Chakir Chelbat.

The last World Para Taekwondo Championships took place in Istanbul in 2021 ©World TaekwondoTaekwondo

This event will not just be an opportunity for our Para-taekwondo stars to mesmerise their home fans

the Para-taekwondo players from all over the world to Veracruz."