World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue met with four continental heads in Seoul to discuss plans for

Choue was joined in the South Korean capital by Asian Taekwondo Union President Kyu Seok Lee, Oceania

Taekwondo President John Kotsifas, African Taekwondo Union President Issaka Ide and Pan American Taekwondo

sent to member nations were other topics discussed, as well as development programmes, education and Para

taekwondo."

Convergence Conference ©World Taekwondo"Today, our sport is innovative and fair, our organisation is

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and Orienteering Australia are aiming to secure a place on the programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

engagement," the OA added.Sixteen sports have been confirmed on the Victoria 2026 programme, plus six Para

three or four" more sports are likely to be added.Archery, coastal rowing, judo, lifesaving, shooting, taekwondo

Taekwondo athlete Khwansuda Phuangkitcha has been named as Thailand's Female Para Athlete of the Year

Steve Dainton, chief executive of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), believes that the sport should not underplay the importance being able to stage the World Team Table Tennis Championships in China this year.

policy has led to multiple events being cancelled or postponed.The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games and Asian Para

2020.The pandemic led to the Shantou 2021 Asian Youth Games being cancelled altogether, while World Taekwondo

The French Federation of Taekwondo and Related Disciplines (FFTDA) is relaunching its initiative to find

young taekwondo enthusiasts who have potential to make their mark at a high level.

being targeted as a part of the scheme as well as disabled people open to reaching their potential as Para

taekwondo competitors.The first stage of the selection process is due to take place in each league in

winter, where 10 athletes from each league are anticipated to feature.Cyrian Ravet stormed on to the taekwondo

medallists Meryem Çavdar and Mahmut Bozteke were among the Turkish athletes to claim golds at the Paris Para

Taekwondo Grand Prix where the K44 class dominated the proceedings.

under-63kg category.Çavdar followed up her compatriot's win with one of her own, making it back-to-back Para

Brazil's Paralympic bronze medallist Silvana Cardoso Fernandes, who she had lost to at the previous Para

failed to overcome Paralympic champion Juan Diego García López of Mexico in the men's under-70kg.Para taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has predicted that the Paris 2024 Paralympics will be another

step in the right direction for Para taekwondo.

When we started the World Taekwondo Para Taekwondo Championships in 2009 in Azerbaijan, around 10 countries

I believe the coming Paralympic Games in Paris will be another success for Para taekwondo."

Choue also expressed his belief that Para taekwondo is now here to stay at the Paralympics after the

Olympics and Paralympics by staging a Grand Prix event in the French capital between September 2 and 4.A Para-taekwondo

I think the French Taekwondo Federation is now experienced in organising taekwondo competitions," Choue

International and local groups have proposed lifesaving for inclusion at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

appeal to Victoria 2026.Sixteen sports have been confirmed on the Victoria 2026 programme, plus six Para

saying "three or four" more sports are likely to be added.Archery, coastal rowing, judo, shooting, taekwondo

India's celebrated Para taekwondo athlete Veena Arora was recognised with the Chetan Chauhan Award last

Arora, who had her arm amputated due to a botched hospital injection, achieved bronze at the 2016 Asian Para

Taekwondo Championships as well as the third-place medal at the 2017 International Wheelchair and Amputee

The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) has signed an agreement with Korean brand KPNP which will become the

already exists between the ETU and Spanish company Daedo International, but KPNP is recognised by World Taekwondo

for all G4 level events in Europe, as well as the European Championships.But KPNP will be used for Para

taekwondo events in Europe, and at a new event to be organised by the ETU, when the deal kicks in next

This new cooperation better reflects the reality that World Taekwondo has initiated on the world stage

Two PSS partners are recognised by World Taekwondo ©Getty ImagesSakis Pragalos, the ETU President, added

Peggy O'Neal, the first woman to be President of an Australian Football League (AFL) club, has been appointed chair of the Victoria 2026 Board of Directors.

sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting are the 16 sports already on the programme.Six Para

powerlifting - are also due to be contested.Applications have been submitted for shooting, wresting, archery, taekwondo

Taekwondo has launched a campaign to be included on the sports programme at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth

additional sports to the line-up in four years' time.Sixty-one Commonwealth countries are members of World Taekwondo

became an optional sport for the Games in 2010.However, it has yet to feature at the event.Australian taekwondo

That really sparked my ambition to continue doing taekwondo after having that great feeling."

bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting.There will also be six Para

Para poomsae taekwondo world champion Paloma Martinez has been praised in her home country of Chile for

counterparts in Miami, as well as winning the Mexican Open.Javier Borquez, who heads up the Chilean Para

Taekwondo Federation, is delighted with Martinez's achievements."

We started Para taekwondo in Chile in 2015 with the INAS Games in Ecuador," he said.

It is a tremendous achievement and historic for taekwondo in Chile."

This is the beginning of the development of Para taekwondo in our country and our Federation."

Five-time world Para taekwondo champion Bolor-Erdene Ganbat has expressed his disappointment about not

I won the Para World Championships five times," he told Mongolia station MSports."

Mongolia.Bolor-Erdene Ganbat reached the quarter-finals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics ©Getty Images"In fact, my Para

Taekwondo Association sent a request to the top, but I don’t know where the problem is.

Canadian Para-taekwondo athlete Anthony Cappelo has been honoured by a restaurant which has dedicated

barbecue sauce, hoisin glazed bacon and kale kimchi.The Korean elements are a nod to the country where taekwondo

notreboeufdegrace)He won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships, but was unable to compete when taekwondo