Britain’s Matt Bush earned a historic victory on the opening day of the Para-Taekwondo World Championships

tense final against Russia’s Zainutdin Ataev in the K44/+75 kilograms category to become the first GB Taekwondo

male to win a Para or able-bodied world gold medal.With the scores level at 8-8 following the regulation

turning to mixed martial arts and, ultimately, taekwondo.The 6ft 5in powerhouse, who competed at the 2017 Para

Worlds in London, now hopes to qualify for next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo when taekwondo is included

his full reaction here ⬇️https://t.co/7e2RamO1iL#Heroes #ParaTaekwondo pic.twitter.com/bRyvosjInY— GB Taekwondo

Denmark's Lisa Gjessing will aim to maintain her status as his sports sole undefeated fighter at the World Para-Taekwondo

who was undefeated in 2018, will be the favourite in the men’s up to 61kg K43 category at the World Para-Taekwondo

athletes that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has dubbed "Ones to Watch" at the 2019 World Para-Taekwondo

Truesdale, one of the pioneers of the sport, celebrated top honours on home soil at the 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

 The competition will be a key event for taekwondo on the road to Tokyo 2020, where the sport will

 Britain's Amy Truesdale claimed victory at her home World Para-Taekwondo Championships in London

Championship in the women’s up to 49kg K44, and the United States' Evan Medell, who only began competing in Para-taekwondo

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have confirmed the programme for Paris 2024 will remain unchanged from Tokyo 2020, with cerebral palsy football missing out on a place.

shooting have retained their places from Tokyo 2020.As have sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis.The decision will ensure badminton and taekwondo

they expected to be confirmed on programme due to their work in building a "strong and sustainable Para-sport

 "It features 22 Para sports that have strong global appeal, support gender balance and offer athletes

and three sport disciplines applying for potential inclusion.Cerebral palsy football, golf, karate, Para

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has said it is ready to host the fifth edition of its General Assembly and Conference next month with the continental governing body outlining the order of proceedings in Dubai. 

proceedings on February 3, when the APC strategic plan will be reviewed alongside the development of Para-sport

the Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para

membership, constitution and budgets.There will also be presentations from the Paralympic and Asian Para

Games organisers, including a review of the Jakarta 2018 Asian Para Games by officials.The General Assembly

from various International Federations, including the Badminton World Federation, World Archery, World Taekwondo

British Para-taekwondo athlete Amy Truesdale has said she does not feel any pressure before the 2019

World Para Taekwondo Championships in Turkey next month.

#TuesdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/3uFd5v3Xjx— GB Taekwondo ??

without her left hand, said her ultimate aim is to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, where Para-taekwondo

I would love to be the face of GB Para taekwondo in Tokyo and make history by being the first Para-taekwondo

The International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) has announced that table tennis competitions at the 2019 INAS Global Games in Brisbane will be recognised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) for the first time.

Intellectually impaired athletes is the biggest population in numbers inside Para-sport and their progressive

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

Swimming and World Para Athletics respectively.Taekwondo, a growing sport for athletes with intellectual

impairments and which is led by World Taekwondo, will also be sanctioned.Basketball, cricket, cycling

The President of World Taekwondo Chungwon Choue has used his New Year's message to highlight the continuing

The successes of the Hammamet 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships and the Youth Olympic Games Buenos

The Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships registered record-breaking participation numbers

, where they held a demonstration for peace in front of Pope Francis, while the Taekwondo Humanitarian

year in fulfilling our vision of peace through taekwondo," Choue said."

In February, Antalya in Turkey will host the World Para Taekwondo Championships, while the World Taekwondo

Three officials received international Para-taekwondo referee certificates after attending a seminar

Shahram Arbabi, Ali Bavaghar and Seyedeh Marjan Taheri, from Iran, attended last September's third World Taekwondo

Para-international kyorugi referee seminar in Malmö.The three Iranian referees passed theoretical and

practical tests and were awarded international kyorugi Para-taekwondo referee certificates.Shahram Arbabi

Para-international kyorugi referee seminar in Malmö, Sweden ©Islamic Republic of Iran Taekwondo FederationArbabi

has also been invited to judge in the eighth World Taekwondo Championships from May 15 to May 19 in

Six-time world Para-taekwondo champion Victoria Marchuk has said that appearing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

with underdeveloped arms.Despite this she has also excelled at athletics and swimming.A stand at the Taekwondo

I long for victory," she said to the Kyiv Post.Victoria Marchuk is a multiple world champion ©World Taekwondo"My

International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) President Ri Yong-son has promised the body will work hard to

develop the sport with World Taekwondo.

Ri was speaking at the 2018 World Taekwondo Wuxi Forum in China as senior stakeholders across the global

taekwondo movement gathered to discuss the future.

World Taekwondo Championships and the World Para-Taekwondo Championships."

Taekwondo," Ri said.World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said the governing body will implement

"hot", and continue to create great synergy between taekwondo and Wuxi.

Officials from the World Taekwondo and the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) held "comprehensive

A meeting at the World Taekwondo Wuxi Centre was billed as a follow-up to the "historic agreement" signed

last month in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang.The agreement was signed by World Taekwondo President

", World Taekwondo revealed.For more than 40 years, World Taekwondo and the ITF have each maintained

, World Taekwondo and ITF officials attended the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi.The

Championships and World Para-Taekwondo Championships in 2021.

Pourrahnamaahmad is set to be the one to beat in the men's up to 75 kilograms K44/K43 division when taekwondo

ranked at second and third in the world respectively, are also poised to secure a Paralympic berth.Para taekwondo

Representatives of World Taekwondo and the International Taekwondo Federation are due to meet during

World Taekwondo, under the leadership of South Korean Choue Chung-won, 71, and the ITF, led by North

executive deputy secretary general Kim Eil-chul told the Korea Times that taekwondo fans around

the world would see "real change" when the joint World Taekwondo and ITF demonstration team performed

But in some areas, such as para taekwondo and freestyle poomsae, the two organisations can narrow differences

taekwondo governing body.Members of a North Korean taekwondo demonstration team give a performance at

Rwanda's seventh edition of its annual Taekwondo National Championships will be held from December

 It will feature men's and women's youth, junior and senior categories as well as a Para-taekwondo

Participants will have the chance to be selected to represent Rwanda on the international stage.Rwanda's Taekwondo

2018 Championship, it's going to attract more teams and more players than ever before," said Rwanda Taekwondo

 Dream Fighters from Kimironko won the 2017 event, with Dream Taekwondo coming second while

Unity Taekwondo finished third.