World Taekwondo continued their anti-doping education programme at the Grand Prix Final and World Taekwondo

medal at Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesThis anti-doping education programme was the latest to be held by World Taekwondo

following similar events during the World Para-Taekwondo Championships in London.World Taekwondo has

 The first took place during the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Burnaby, Canada, followed

by programmes at the World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea.

 Another session took place at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

It has taken rather more than 80 days but Jules Verne and his literary creations Phileas Fogg and indomitable assistant Passepartout would surely have approved mightily of the epic journey of the Queen’s Baton (QBR) to Australia.

they asked.The Baton had been brought to Buckingham Palace by Para athlete Kurt Fearnley.

Sailing gold medallist Hannah Mills and double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones.

With the Duchess of Cornwall, he received athletes and Para athletes at Merlion Park.

Para javelin thrower Holly Robinson was entrusted with taking it to Queensland where she passed it to

weighlifter Precious McKenzie and three time Commonwealth shot champion Valerie Adams.New Zealand Para

World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) has said the 18 Europeans appointed to serve on World Taekwondo Committees

of the Ethics Committee.Laurence Rase of Belgium and Lisa Lents from Denmark will join the Women in Taekwondo

Michel Madar as chair and Effie Zikouli of Greece as vice-chair.Usman Dildar, right, has been appointed Para-Taekwondo's

chair of the Tokyo 2020 Games ©British TaekwondoConcerning Para-Taekwondo, which will make its Paralympic

Committee.A WTE statement said that the new appointees' mission is to "set the standards for World Taekwondo

The appointees are committed to creating and sustaining the conditions that will enable taekwondo across

Enkhtuya Khurelbaatar's victory at the World Para Taekwondo Championships has been chosen as the 24th

World Championships held in the Copper Box Arena in London ©Getty ImagesShe credited the Mongolian Taekwondo

Para-taekwondo has opened my eyes to the world," she added."I have far more self-confidence now.

The USA’s wheelchair tennis doubles pair of Nick Taylor and David Wagner have been named Allianz Athlete of the Month for November.

shooting; March – Maria Paula Barrera, Colombia, swimming; April – Jean Claude Niringiyimana, Rwanda, taekwondo

; May – Evan Medell, USA, taekwondo; June – Alfie Hewett, Great Britain, wheelchair tennis; July – Petrucio

South Korea, wheelchair rugby; September- Zahra Nemati, Iran, archery; October – Ivan Sivak, Ukraine, Para

Hadi Hassanzada and Najib Alhaj Ali have become the first refugee athletes to compete at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games.

Portuguese city of Vila Real de Santo António.Hassanzada, a refugee from Afghanistan, took part in the Para-taekwondo

K42 under 61 kilograms category at the event.His participation was supported by the IWAS and the Taekwondo

Humanitarian Foundation, an initiative from World Taekwondo whose mission is to teach taekwondo and

for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.Hadi Hassanzada, a refugee from Afghanistan, took part in the Para

taekwondo K42 under 61 kilograms category ©IWASTaekwondo is will make its debut on the Paralympic programme

USA Taekwondo have announced the appointments of coaches Paul Green and Gareth Brown as they seek to

Both coaches had been part of the successful GB Taekwondo set-up, with Green having coached Jade Jones

to two Olympic gold medals.He has also coached newly crowned World Taekwondo Female Athlete of the Year

, Bianca Walkden, who recently became the first taekwondo athlete to win all four Grand Prix events in

have also confirmed the appointment of Olympic coach Jason Poos as their Para-taekwondo head coach.The

- and this move is key in helping to turn all that effort into gold medals in both able-bodied and para

Veracruz will host Mexico's first-ever National Championships for Para-taekwondo athletes in January

The Mexican Federation of Taekwondo (FMTKD) has confirmed the event will be held in the city in the New

Year.Organisers are expecting the country's top Para-taekwondo athletes to participate at the competition.This

help organise the event ©YouTubeJessica Garcia and Claudia Romero, who both represented Mexico at the Para

Taekwondo World Championships in London in October, are also set to take part.Paralympic shot put silver

President Raymundo González, are helping to organise the event.It is hoped staging the country's first Para

Athletes from 43 nations have arrived in the Portuguese city Vila Real de Santo António for the 2017 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games.

(December 6).Competitors are set to participate across five sports - archery, athletics, swimming, Para

taekwondo and table tennis.Sporting action at the World Games, a biennial event last held in 2014 Winter

António, Portugal, from November 30 to December 6, following their medal-winning performances at the Para-Taekwondo

now is Portugal,” he added.Consolée Rukundo and De La Croix Nikwigize celebrate their medals at the Para-Taekwondo

a nation and the athletes to raise their global rankings,”This will be the first time that Rwanda’s Para-Taekwondo

A total of eight sports and three sport disciplines have expressed an interest in applying for inclusion on the programme for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, it was announced today. 

Federation, International Surfing Association, World Armwrestling Federation, World Karate Federation, World Para

 The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation has put forward the 3x3 discipline, World Taekwondo

has expressed an interest in including the Poomsae discipline and World Shooting Para Sport has proposed

ISAWhen the IPC conducted a similar review of sports for Tokyo 2020 sailing was dropped and badminton and taekwondo

A decision on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sport programme will be made in early 2019, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed.

wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis.Para-badminton and taekwondo

In line with the growth of the Paralympic Games, the standard and development of all Para-sports have

World Sailing President Kim Andersen has called for the organisation to continue their “strong momentum” as they seek to have the sport included on the Paris 2024 Paralympic programme.

Para-sailing was axed from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sport programme, along with football seven-a-side.Para-badminton

and taekwondo were included for the first time in their place.The International Paralympic Committee

reinstated for the Games ultimately failed.The IPC decision prompted the governing body to launch a Para

Mexico, Andersen stated that the organisation “must also continue the strong momentum, to make sure that Para

framework in the discipline.World Sailing also appointed Italy’s Massimo Dighe subsequently appointed as Para

World Taekwondo has teamed up with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to deliver an anti-doping education outreach

programme aimed specifically at its Para-athletes.

A UKAD education stand was set up during the recent World Para-Taekwondo Championships held at the Copper

claims it is continuing to develop its Para-taekwondo anti-doping education programmes and engaging

A unique opportunity was offered to Para-taekwondo athletes for remaining clean during the four years

before the first-ever Paralympics Games in taekwondo’s history," the statement adds.The 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

for all.In the build-up to the Tokyo 2020, the biennial World Para-Taekwondo Championships are set to

Dancer Ivan Sivak has won the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month prize for October.

The Ukrainian captured an emotional first world title at the World Para Dance Sport Championships

IPC's monthly prize.Italian archer Alberto Simonelli was also among the nominees ©Getty ImagesMongolian taekwondo

player Enkhtuya Khurelbaatar was second in the voting with 45 per cent, after she won gold at the World Para

Championships in London.Italian archer Alberto Simonelli, Japanese Para-ice hockey player Wataru Horie

and Danish taekwondo fighter Lisa Gjessing were also on October’s shortlist.Nominations for the award