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Bush only eyeing gold when taekwondo makes Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020

  • Para-Taekwondo News

World champion Matt Bush has said a gold medal is the only result he is imagining when Para taekwondo

fighter undertaking a tough training schedule which includes regular six-hour drives to the GB National Taekwondo

The facilities at the GB Taekwondo Centre are incredible and without it, we wouldn't be here.Para taekwondo

Taekwondo will make its Paralympic debut in Tokyo alongside badminton.Bush's success comes during a golden


GB Taekwondo host gender equality breakfast during World Taekwondo Championships

  • Taekwondo

GB Taekwondo held a gender equality breakfast in collaboration with UK Sport during the World Championships

to a talk from UK Sport chair and five-time Olympic rowing medallist Katherine Grainger and British Taekwondo

, while British Taekwondo national poomsae coach Gemma Bieskas spoke about what she had encountered as

a woman in coaching.Tokyo 2020 manager Maris Naganeo and British Para taekwondo world champion Amy Trusdale

 The mission statement will be shared with GB Taekwondo, World Taekwondo, UK Sport and the International

British Taekwondo President Sarah Stevenson won her country's first Olympic medal in taekwondo at Beijing


World Sailing partners with International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments

  • Sailing News

World Sailing has partnered with the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) to jointly promote and grow the sport for people with intellectual impairments globally.

supports eligibility and classification for basketball, cricket, cycling, football/futsal, equestrian, Para

hockey, rowing, Alpine and Nordic skiing, Para taekwondo and tennis.


London Marathon world record breaker Roeger named IPC Athlete of the Month for April

  • Paralympics

Australia’s Michael Roeger has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for April after his stunning debut win at the London Marathon.

over the 26.2-miles distance in Melbourne last October.The London Marathon race doubled as the World Para

Kampschreur won the IPC Allianz athlete of the month vote in January for his performances at the World Para

Alpine Skiing Championships in Kranjska Gora in Slovenia.Chinese taekwondo player Yujie Li came out


Para taekwondo world champion Watson handed funding boost for Tokyo 2020

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Australian Para taekwondo athlete Janine Watson has been granted dAIS funding from the Australian Institute

Watson has received A$11,500 ($80,442/£61,849/€71,864) after her performance at February's World Para

Taekwondo Championships in Turkey, where she took gold in the P34 Poomsae.Australian Taekwondo has nominated

Watson for September's Tokyo 2020 taekwondo test event at Makuhari Messe.Australia's Janine Watson took

gold at February's World Para Taekwondo Championships in Turkey ©FacebookThe funding will help her prepare


Marathon star Schär nominated for IPC's athlete-of-the-month award

  • Paralympics

Switzerland's Manuela Schär has been shortlisted for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) athlete-of-the-month award for April after achieving her sixth successive major marathon victory in London.

nbsp;Fellow Australian Kate Doughty has made the shortlist for winning the women’s PTS5 at the World Para

 Dutch Alpine skier Jeroen Kampschreur claimed the January award, while Chinese Para taekwondo athlete


Milan to host European taekwondo qualifiers for Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Milan will host the European taekwondo qualification tournament for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic

World Taekwondo has confirmed the event will take place in the Italian city next year.The competition

Grand Prix Final in Moscow in December, as well as via the Olympic rankings.The European qualifier for Para

taekwondo athletes will be held on April 26 in Milan.Para-taekwondo will debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic

Games ©Getty ImagesIt will be the first time Para taekwondo competitors will secure places at the Games

, with the sport due to make its Paralympic debut in Tokyo.World Taekwondo Europe state further details


World champion López delights home crowd at Mexico Para-Taekwondo Open

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Garcia López delighted the home crowd by winning the men's up to 75 kilogram K44 final at the Mexico Para-Taekwondo

Gabriel Amado Garagarza 4-0 to take his first title in Mexico City.He had secured his country's first Para-taekwondo

 The next Para-taekwondo tournament will be the Pan American Open on 16 June, to be held in Portland


Second edition of Hogan Lovells bursaries awarded to British Paralympic hopefuls

  • Paralympics

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced 10 athletes have been awarded bursaries from Hogan Lovells to support their bids to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Tania Nadarajah.Para triathlete Jade Jones-Hall and Para table tennis player Thomas Matthews complete

I’m delighted that Hogan Lovells are continuing their Para athlete bursary to support athletes in their

Alpine skier Kelly Gallagher, a triple medallist at the recent Para Alpine World Championships.Tokyo

2020 hopefuls Rich Amos from boccia, wheelchair rugby player Ayaz Bhuta, archer Jodie Grinham and taekwondo

our support contributed to them being able to compete on this global stage which is the pinnacle of Para


Indian Para-taekwondo player inspires students at Central University of Jammu

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Indian Para-taekwondo athlete Chandeep Singh Sudan has visited the university in his home city of Jammu

experience of setting two world records and winning two gold medals at the fourth edition of the Asian Para

Open Taekwondo Championships.He advised the students not to lose hope under any circumstances and encouraged

vice-chancellor of the CUJ, inaugurated the session and praised the positive attitude of Sudan.The Para-taekwondo


International Tennis Federation pledges support for INAS Global Games in Brisbane

  • Paralympics

The International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) has welcomed the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) endorsement of tennis competitions at the INAS Global Games in Brisbane.

competitions at the Games.It follows backing from the International Table Tennis Federation, World Taekwondo

, World Para Athletics and World Para Swimming.INAS President Marc Truffaut thanked the ITF for its support

Paralympic sports on the Global Games programme – swimming and athletics – will be recognised by World Para

Swimming and World Para Athletics, respectively.Para taekwondo competition has been sanctioned by World


World Taekwondo President Choue hails "historic" joint WT-ITF demonstration

  • Taekwondo

World Taekwondo (WT) President Choue Chung-won hailed as "historic" the joint demonstration between WT

and the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) here at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

The demonstration was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the inclusion of taekwondo on the Summer

Since then, taekwondo has evolved after every Olympic Games.

 "We have changed the competition rules and areas, and the most wonderful event for taekwondo was

 "I heard yesterday that it will be the biggest meeting of taekwondo athletes.""

This Paralympic Games in Tokyo will be the first to introduce Para-taekwondo to the world, so I am very


Dutch snowboarder named IPC Athlete of the Month for March

  • Paralympics

Dutch snowboarder Lisa Bunschoten has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for March after securing her first major career titles.

The 23-year-old was the outstanding female athlete of the World Para Snowboard Championships in Pyha

of the Month this year.Jeroen Kampschreur won the vote in January for his performances at the World Para

Alpine Skiing Championships in Kranjska Gora in Slovenia.Chinese taekwondo player Yujie Li came out


Snowboarders among nominees for IPC Athlete of the Month for March

  • Paralympics

Snowboarders Lisa Bunschoten and Maxime Montaggioni are among the nominees for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month award for March.

for the monthly prize.Dutch star Bunschoten secured the first major gold medals of her career at the Para

WCFAustralia’s Paige Greco has been nominated following three world records at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling

via the International Paralympic Committee homepage.Dutch alpine skier Jeroen Kampschreur and Chinese taekwondo


Morocco to host inaugural African Para Games in 2020

  • Paralympics

Morocco will host the inaugural African Para Games in January 2020, it has been announced.

The Moroccan capital of Rabat will host the first ever African Para Games, which will act as a Tokyo

across seven sports, including athletics, blind football, goalball, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, taekwondo

and wheelchair basketball.The Games will become Africa's main Para sport competition, according to the

“African Para athletes will have a good chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020 and showcase their abilities

to the wider audience.”IPC President Andrew Parsons said the first African Para Games was a historic