More than 3,500 people are set to participate in the International School Sports Federation (ISF) Gymnasiade in Normandy.

host events, along with educational and cultural activities.Archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, para

athletics, badminton, basketball 3x3, beach volleyball, boxing, dancesport/breaking, fencing, judo, para

judo, orienteering, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby sevens, swimming; para swimming; table tennis, taekwondo

, and wrestling are featured on the programme of the event.Breaking, rugby sevens and Para sports are

 The organisation claimedthe inclusion of Para sport events is part of its aim to provide maximum

As a Para taekwondo athlete, Mexico's Juan Diego Garcia Lopez has done it all at the age of 20 - but

was chosen last November to be a flag bearer for his nation at the Opening Ceremony of the home World Taekwondo

In 2023 we have the World Championships, the Grand Prix and the Para Pan American Games, so we must always

I feel really happy that there are people, and many kids, that are getting into Para taekwondo."

Significant progress has been made this year to fully incorporate Para taekwondo into the World Taekwondo

the age of 17, he was the winner of the 2020 National Sports Award in the Paralympic category.With Para-taekwondo

Britain has named a star-studded squad for this month's European Taekwondo Championships.

Tokyo.Bradly Sinden is one of two Tokyo 2020 silver medallists in Britain's squad for the European Taekwondo

Muhammad was among those to miss out on selection, after struggling to battle back from injuries.In Para-taekwondo

Forsythe in the women's under-52kg have also been picked.Gary Hall, the performance director of GB Taekwondo

It's a blend of some of the best taekwondo players on the planet and some of the would-be best taekwondo

Abdelmatloub Moawad has revealed plans to train more classifiers, with the aim of expanding the sport of Para-taekwondo

, and said that the International Federation is attempting to improve accessibility to Para-taekwondo

The Committee chair is hopeful that this move will reduce the costs of hosting Para-taekwondo tournaments

said.Taekwondo made its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images"We really want to invest in all aspects of Para-taekwondo

Discussing plans to increase the number of athletes able to feature in Para-taekwondo tournaments, Moawad

Para-taekwondo made its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, and is set for a big increase in the number of

World Taekwondo has extended the bid process for the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships with sanctions

Russia and Belarus due to the invasion of Ukraine had impacted the bid process for the event.World Taekwondo

Championships until the end of March," World Taekwondo said at the time."

The latest World Taekwondo Council meeting has seen an extension to the reopened bid process until May

An update on the host selection process should be made after the next World Taekwondo Council meeting

Council approved amendments to statutes at the meeting including the enactment to its Para Taekwondo

Paralympic gold medallist Juan Diego Garcia López headlined Mexico's success at the Para Pan American

Taekwondo Championships where they finished top of the table after securing four golds and three bronzes

Taekwondo Federation Netherlands (TBN) is to follow an inclusion and diversity charter in 2022, with

to various other sports, certain points of attention in the field of inclusion and diversity within taekwondo

The Netherlands will be hoping for better results in Para taekwondo through more inclusive action for

of the charter goals is to improve these figures at local levels.There is also a focus on improving Para

taekwondo, which debuted at the Paralympic Games last year in Tokyo."

The Netherlands is yet to win an Olympic or Paralympic medal in taekwondo.

Asian Youth Para Games champion Palesha Goverdhan took the top Paralympic honour at the prestigious Nepal

Goverdhan won women's K-44 under-57 kilograms gold at the Asian Youth Para Games last December - Nepal's

medal at the event.This triumph inspired voters to award Goverdhan the honour for the country's best Para

cheque for NPR10,000 (£63/$82/€75) to accompany the prize.Palesha Goverdhan, right, is an Asian Youth Para

Games champion ©Getty ImagesThe 18-year-old also competed at Tokyo 2020 last year, where taekwondo made

for third place.Before that, Goverdhan carried Nepal's flag in the Opening Ceremony.The senior Asian Para

Paralympic champion Lisa Kjær Gjessing and other Danish athletes staged a "Taekwondo for Peace" event

Aarhus’ Ceres Arena for a training session where they were able to win a range of prizes, such as a taekwondo

attending.The event resulted in at least DKK21,870 (£2,460/Є2,940/$3,200) being raised for Ukrainian taekwondo

players affected by the war.Gjessing won the women's K44 under-58-kilogram title last year when taekwondo

genocide by killing civilians.Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials have been banned by World Taekwondo

GB Taekwondo has signed Spanish taekwondo equipment company Daedo to a three-year sponsorship deal, to

Based in Barcelona, Daedo is a leading taekwondo Protector Scoring System (PSS) provider, and has acted

 "Daedo is contributing to the globalisation of taekwondo by enhancing the fairness and scoring

 "By signing this sponsorship, we will cooperate with GB Taekwondo to further contribute to the

scientification of taekwondo and the globalisation of taekwondo."

sport of Para Taekwondo made its Paralympic debut.

Argentina has selected four athletes for the upcoming Pan American Para Taekwondo Open Championships

basketball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.Juan Samorano, left, won bronze at Tokyo 2020 as taekwondo

World Taekwondo Oceania (WTO) has signed an athlete development agreement with the Mexican Taekwondo

agreement and be responsible for implementing large parts of it.Mexico is hosting this year's World Taekwondo

 "The agreement that we have signed will also include Para-athletes and programmes for their development

Mongolia's Para-taekwondo star Enkhtuya Khurelbaatar has been highlighted on national television in her

for 30 minutes.In 2017, Khurelbaatar won the women's under-49 kilograms division at the 2017 World Para

Taekwondo Championships in London.

 However, she won her world title just three years after taking up Para-taekwondo.

Strong women have played a major role in the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay since the day we launched. 

boxing coach, handed The Queen her message to place into the Baton, and the brilliant Kadeena Cox OBE, Para-sprinter

In 2019, she was the first Para-athlete to be a flagbearer in the history of the Indian Ocean Island

 A year later, at Tokyo 2020, Noemi became the first Mauritian Para-athlete to compete in a final

but by no means least, I would like to introduce you to Faith Ogallo, a member of the Kenyan national taekwondo

By competing in Tokyo 2020, Faith became the first Kenyan to compete in an Olympic taekwondo event in

Taekwondo's Ivan Mikulić has been named as Croatia's male Paralympic athlete of the year for 2021.

The 2015 world champion won a silver medal in the men's over-75 kilograms division as taekwondo debuted