Reigning world champion Matt Bush has been forced to pull out of the taekwondo competition at the Tokyo

The British fighter was due to fight for a medal in the Japanese capital, where taekwondo will make its

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Along with GB Taekwondo medical staff, I'd returned myself to an incredible level of movement given the

Bush became Britain's first Para taekwondo world champion in 2019.He missed Rio 2016, where he was due

to compete in the F46 javelin, due to a shoulder injury.He subsequently switched to Para taekwondo due

The first female Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) member Alia Issa and swimmer Abbas Karimi have been named the first flagbearers of the group, meaning they will lead out the squad of six athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Opening Ceremony.

year-old is to compete in the women's club throw, having finished fourth in the event at the 2021 World Para

compete in the men's 50-metre butterfly S5.He was the first refugee athlete to win a medal at the World Para

Kabul in the wake of the power shift to the Taliban.The RPT was unveiled in June and also features taekwondo

Afghanistan’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Samira Asghari has pleaded for help to evacuate the country’s female athletes, coaches and support teams from the country.

situation and lack of flights from the country meant that she would no longer be able to participate in the Para

taekwondo competition.As reported by Kyodo News, Khudadadi has also appealed for support to reach the

Islamist group believes in Sharia law and vigorously restricts the freedoms of women.Zakia Khudadadi in Para

taekwondo had been due to become Afghanistan's first female athlete to appear at a Paralympics at Tokyo

Parapan American Games medallists Angélica Espinoza and Efraín Sotacuro have been chosen to carry the Peruvian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Paralympic debut in the Japanese capital, also had that honour at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.The Para

taekwondo player won a gold medal at that event, defeating Mexican Claudia Romero in the final.That

Denmark's team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has been set a target of five to seven medals.

obvious medal candidates".Daniel Wagner, a three-time Paralympic athletics medallist, and four-time world Para

taekwondo champion Lisa Kjær Gjessing were both highlighted as athletes to watch, with Wagner "better

and badminton player Cathrine Rosengren, they "belong to the absolute world elite".Four-time world Para

taekwondo champion Lisa Kjær Gjessing, left, and three-time Paralympic athletics medallist Daniel Wagner

, right, will carry the Danish flag at the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony ©World Para TaekwondoWagner and

Paralympics Australia has revealed it will be sending its largest team of athletes to contest an overseas Paralympic Games, with a contingent of 179 athletes set to travel to Japan to compete at Tokyo 2020.

will compete in 18 of the 22 sports on the Tokyo 2020 programme, including debut Paralympic sports taekwondo

lockdowns which severely impacted qualification pathways, training camps and international competition, our Para-athletes

This moment is about celebrating our elite Para-athletes."

continuing to build on the work of generations of Paralympians who have made Australia one of the top Para-sport

Despite the chaos and terror engulfing Afghanistan, Para taekwondo player Zakia Khudadadi remains hopeful

under-49 kilograms event.Having burst onto the scene as an 18-year-old winner at the first African Para

Taekwondo Championships held in Egypt in 2016, Khudadadi is "thrilled" to be involved in the sport's

Hossain Rasouli set to compete on the men's side of the competition, Khudadadi will not be the only taekwondo

Their presence at Tokyo will encourage and motivate others with disabilities to take part in Para sport

Irrespective of the situation, our Para athletes are doing incredibly well and preparing with limited

Danish taekwondo star Lisa Gjessing is aiming to continue her successful career at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

the world number one in the women's under-58 kilogram category.She was a member of the able-bodied taekwondo

Paralympic athletics medallist Daniel Wagner.A total of 29 nations are set to compete at the Games in Para

A new logo for the Bahrain 2021 Asian Youth Para Games has been revealed by the Bahrain Paralympic Committee

The colours and the design of the logo depict the confidence and the indomitable spirit of the young para-athletes

The 2021 Asian Youth Para Games are scheduled to take place from December 2 to 6.An estimated 800 athletes

under the age of 20 are expected to compete in nine sports during the 2021 edition of the Asian Youth Para

2017.Bahrain was confirmed as host of the Games in June 2020.Athletics, badminton, boccia, goalball, taekwondo

powerlifting, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball are the nine sports on the Asian Youth Para

Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) coach Parfait Hakizimana has been included as a representative

team in different sports.Hakizimana is set to compete in the men's under-61-kilogram division when taekwondo

nbsp;More recently, he has been training in Rwandan capital Kigali.At the camp, Hakizimana organised a taekwondo

receive the necessary visas to travel to tournaments, making classification challenging, but World Taekwondo

Hakizimana will be representing the Refugee Team at the Tokyo Paralympic Games this summer," said World Taekwondo

British Taekwondo (BT) performance director, Gary Hall, has applauded the "phenomenal" performances of

Team GB's taekwondo stars at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and backed their fight strategy despite a series

Williams lost 25-22 to Croatia's Matea Jelić in the Women's 67kg final ©Getty ImagesHall, who was national taekwondo

I’m sure the entire country, the BT board and our members, would like to say a huge thank you to GB Taekwondo

and the entire team for the years of hard work, and magnificent performance in Tokyo, and wish our Para

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with the country's record 25-strong team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which was officially unveiled at the Akorda, the Presidential Palace.

Games.Welcoming the nation's largest Paralympic team in history, Tokayev promised to continue investing in Para

 "Approximately 20,000 people are involved in Para sports and 500 of them joined the national teams

Aside from judo, Kazakhstan is set to be represented at Tokyo 2020  in swimming, powerlifting, taekwondo

shooting and canoeing.Two-time world champion, three-time Asian champion and two-time European champion in taekwondo

Almost DKK200,000 (£22,890/$31,790/€26,890) has been raised to aid Parasport Denmark’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games through a scheme centred on pillows.

chain last year, after the Paralympics were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Four-time world Para

taekwondo champion Lisa Kjær Gjessing and three-time Paralympic athletics medallist Daniel Wagner are

honour of being added to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) online sticker album ahead of Para

the men's under-75 kilograms, and two-time women's over-58kg world champion Truesdale of Britain are Para

pic.twitter.com/AMDYbqYiP5— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) July 14, 2021He will be Senegal's lone taekwondo

The Organising Committee of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has vowed to ensure many of the sports venues for the 2022 Asian Games are available for public use following the conclusion of the event.

athletics, basketball, sailing, open water swimming, road cycling, shooting, rugby, table tennis, judo and taekwondo

109,000 people, including 329 foreigners, have applied to become volunteers at the Asian Games and Asian Para