International para-taekwondo returns this weekend as the best athletes from Europe that have yet to qualify

I am very well prepared for this," she told World Para Taekwondo.

another top talent close to securing his place in the men’s under-61kg category.The biggest name in para-taekwondo

tournament represents the final hurdle to cross to join the sport at its Paralympic debut.European taekwondo

chance in Sofia tomorrow to reach the Tokyo Paralympics, where their sport will make its debut ©World Para

World Para Taekwondo has begun a countdown of the sport's greatest moments to build anticipation ahead

in by sharing their favourites on social media.The countdown began with the 2006 founding of World Para

Taekwondo at World Taekwondo's General Assembly in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.The first two World Championships

Creates Para Taekwondo (2006) Where would we all be if the World Taekwondo didn’t decide to create..

.Posted by World Para Taekwondo on Wednesday, 21 April 2021The countdown can be viewed on the World Para

Taekwondo Facebook page.Taekwondo will appear at the Paralympics for the first time on September

More than 29 per cent of World Taekwondo members do not have any certified Para taekwondo coaches, making

Those figures come from World Taekwondo's Para Taekwondo Committee chair Chakir Chelbat, who has urged

coaches and classifiers to take formal classes.A Level I Para Taekwondo International Coach Certification

Course has been completed by 306 coaches from 149 countries.The Level II Para Taekwondo International

Coach Certification Course has been completed by 154 coaches from 84 nations.Sixty-one World Taekwondo

members do not have any certified Para taekwondo coaches.Chelbat told the taekwondo community: "Let's

Two new members have been added to World Taekwondo's Ad-Hoc Para Taekwondo Poomsae Committee, including

South Korean, has been appointed the new chair, with Iran's Hafez Mahdavi also added to the group.World Taekwondo

now lists five members of its Ad-Hoc Para Taekwondo Poomsae Committee.Britain's Said Khelwatty is vice-chair

Paralympic programme for the first time at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesFormed in response to the growth of Para

taekwondo, the Ad-Hoc Para Taekwondo Poomsae Committee has been tasked with studying and developing

to include a review of the existing rules and research on a method for official rankings.The Ad-Hoc Para

World Taekwondo has held its third annual Taekwondo Medicine Online Seminar, with 55 participants from

The World Taekwondo Medical Committee were joined by expert guest speakers who delivered reports on medical

Christina Allen and Halim Jebali represented the Committee.These included a report from the 2019 World Taekwondo

Championships, held in Manchester in the United Kingdom.There was also information on the World Taekwondo

Frank Düren ©World TaekwondoPresentations were held on oral health, hand, wrist and knee injuries in taekwondo

athletes, common medical issues in Para-taekwondo athletes and anti-doping and safeguarding.David Michael

The first Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Open Challenge will start on March 28, offering thousands around

The Open Challenge is a new series that builds on the success of the first-ever Online World Taekwondo

Poomsae Championships last November.That event attracted more than 1,560 Taekwondoin (Taekwondo practitioners

Poomsae Championships paved the way for the first Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Open Challenge which

to compete in taekwondo even during the global pandemic."

categories.The Open Challenge III, due to begin in September will comprise family (pairs and team), senior and para-taekwondo

Taekwondo player Lisa Kjær Gjessing has been identified as being among Denmark’s big medal hopes for

Gjessing is set to make her first appearance at the Games, where taekwondo is due to make its debut.The

thing, namely sports," said Gjessing.Gjessing was a former member of Denmark’s national able-bodied taekwondo

The Mexican Taekwondo Federation has confirmed a bubble has been created at the country’s national high-performance

together at the CNAR where they will work under coaches Alfonso Victoria and Bang Young-sun.Mexican taekwondo

Victoria said the last training session which also featured Para and under-20 players, carried out in

very beneficial".Nota: Selección Olímpica y Paralímpica se reintegran a los entrenamientos en el CNAR #Taekwondo

The head coach of Iran's Paralympic taekwondo team says Tokyo 2020-qualifed athletes Mahdi Pourrahnama

Azizi and six-time world champion Pourrahnama have both qualifed for the Games - where taekwondo will

It is hoped that Iran's Para-taekwondo players will be able to return to international competition at

the Arian Para Taekwondo Championships, due to be contested in Beirut on April 20.Pourrahnama, who has

K44 under-75 kilograms division and is among the favourites to be one of the first-ever Paralympic taekwondo

Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) President Majid Rashed claimed the Asian Youth Para Games in Bahrain

Rashed made the comments during the host city agreement signing ceremony for the Asian Youth Para Games

 "The Games are an important stepping stone for young Asian Para-athletes on their sporting journey

Committee chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Duaij Al Khalifa signed the host city agreement for the Asian Youth Para

Bahrain is set to host the fourth edition of the Asian Youth Para Games.

compete in nine sports - athletics, badminton, boccia, goalball, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

Paralympic Committee (APC) and Bahrain Paralympic Committee for this year's edition of the Asian Youth Para

Rashed thanked the Bahrain Paralympic Committee for its efforts in preparing to host the Asian Youth Para

 Bahrain was awarded the 2021 Asian Youth Para Games in June.Competition is scheduled to run from

 It will be the first time that Bahrain has hosted a large Para-sports event, with 800 athletes

compete in nine sports - athletics, badminton, boccia, goalball, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

venues are planned to be used in Khalifa Sports City and Isa Sports City.Tokyo hosted the first Asian Para

FIFA has appointed two chief operating officers - one for each host nation - ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

as tournament director at the 2015 Asian Cup.Patterson has worked at World Championships in netball, taekwondo

, BMX and Para-swimming, across New Zealand, Australia and Britain."

making tracks to become a Summer Paralympian as she targets appearing at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where taekwondo

become the youngest Japanese Paralympian.But Ota’s Paralympic journey was not over.She first encountered Para-taekwondo

at a promotion for Para sports, and then, at a taekwondo training event in 2015, she met Yoriko Okamoto

, the Sydney 2000 Olympic bronze medallist.That same year it was announced that Para-taekwondo would

scheduled for 2020 - and now due to take place this summer.When she heard that there was no female Para-taekwondo

as a national team member in women's Para-taekwondo.At the 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships in

Mongolia's former Para-taekwondo world champion Enkhtuya Khurelbaatar says she wants to inspire others

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) Executive Committee discussed the upcoming European Universities Games during its first virtual meeting of 2021.

selected developing members in 2021.Twenty-one sports, including beach handball, beach volleyball, chess, taekwondo

and Para-table tennis, are set to be contested at the fifth European Universities Games this year.