Para-taekwondo athlete Evan Medell will take on a packed schedule in a bid to improve his performance

of Central Oklahoma student wants to catch up with his rivals.Next up on his schedule is the Asian Para

Taekwondo Open on July 8 in Chuncheon in South Korea.He also trains 10 hours a week on the mat and six

Para-taekwondo will debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games ©World TaekwondoMedell won the US and Canada Opens

last year and beat Croatian world number one Ivan Mikulic at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open in May.A

Para-taekwondo is in its infancy in the US, so there are a lot of growing pains," Medell said."

A new super-elite taekwondo series aimed at professionalising and upgrading the sport’s commercial appeal

and media profile has been unveiled and approved here today by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)

due to be inaugurated in December in Chinese city Wuxi, come two days before the start of the World Taekwondo

We desperately need taekwondo stars," Choue said as he introduced the thinking behind the series.

The South Korean also lamented that taekwondo lacks commercial muscle."

operation rules and ranking bylaws, the latter being points for repechage, as well as alterations to the Para-taekwondo

competition rules for point allocations and new requirements for prospective international Para-taekwondo

Evan Medell of the United States has been awarded May’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month Award.

world number one Ivan Mikulic of Croatia in the men’s over 75 kilogram K44 competition at the Oceania Para

Taekwondo in Auckland.The American received 49 per cent of the public votes which secured first place.Breaking

a 28-year-old world record at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona saw the United States’

Asia-Oceania Championships in Hong Kong against compatriot Worawut Saengampa.April’s prize was won by Rwanda’s Para-taekwondo

athlete Jean Claude Niringiyimana after impressing on home soil at the Para Africa Open.

Votes can now be made for May’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month Award.

shortlist after she clinched gold in the women’s class 9-10 at the International Table Tennis Federation Para

in Italy, which helped set up a 2-0 win the final.Breaking a 28-year-old world record at the World Para

Taekwondo in Auckland.The fifth nominee is Thailand’s triple Paralympic gold medallist Watcharaphon

until 1pm Central European Summer Time on June 8 to make their choice.April’s prize was won by Rwanda’s Para-taekwondo

athlete Jean Claude Niringiyimana after impressing on home soil at the Para Africa Open.To vote, click

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) will host a Partnership Workshop during its 2017 World Championships

The World Taekwondo Federation has initiated an innovative host city selection process which will allow

 The schedule also includes a case study from GB Taekwondo, entitled "Successful partnership with

Grand Prix Final and World Taekwondo Team Championships, which can be hosted in conjunction with one

another, are also up for grabs.The events available in 2019 are the World Para Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondo Junior Championships, the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the World Taekwondo Team Championships.In

Two athletes set to compete for Rwanda at next month's World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Championships

women's under-53kg division.The seven days of competition will be immediately followed by the Asian Para-Taekwondo

the K42 men's under-61kg division.Jean Claude Niringiyimana is set to represent Rwanda at the Asian Para-Taekwondo

picked up the IPC Allianz Athlete of the Month for April after impressing on home soil at the Africa Para-Taekwondo

Australia's Steven Currie defended his men's K42 75 kilogram title at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open

men's K44 61kg event by a 26-6 score.Australia's Steven Currie defended his men's K42 75kg title ©World Taekwondo

continues to the World Championships in London this October.The next event on the calendar is the Asian Para

Taekwondo Open, which will begin on July 1 in Chuncheon, South Korea.

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Executive Board held a meeting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where updates were given on preparations for the 2017 IWAS World Games in Portuguese city Vila Real de Santo António.

Algarve in Southern Portugal, will stage all sports on the programme, which includes archery, athletics, Para-taekwondo

The event, which has the full support of the nation’s IWAS member, Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para

Bushido Martial Arts and Fight Gear Supply have signed on as a sponsor of Taekwondo Canada's National

We are pleased to have Bushido as an event sponsor at our premier national event,” said Taekwondo Canada

“Bushido has been investing in the local taekwondo community, has been supporting top athletes, and has

also been supporting Taekwondo Canada events for a number years.

CanadaTaekwondo Canada are expecting a high turnout of athletes at the competition, which also features Para

afternoon.On the second day, Poomsae will be the main discipline of the championships with cadet, junior and Para

Morocco's Rajae Akermach has become the first African woman to reach a world number one ranking in Para-taekwondo

jumped four places in the women's over-59 kilograms K44 category after winning gold at the African Para

Taekwondo Open last month in Rwanda's capital Kigali.Five countries are now featured in the rankings

, which are published by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), for the first time.Athletes from the Democratic

The 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku have officially started following a glamorous Opening Ceremony in the Azerbaijani capital this evening.

 Taekwondo player Radik Isayev, an Olympic gold medallist at Rio 2016, and Fuad Aslanov, a boxing

  The programme is made up of athletics and Para athletics, 3x3 basketball, boxing, diving,

gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

Three countries have withdrawn from the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, which are set to begin in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku tomorrow. 

  The programme is made up of athletics and Para athletics, 3x3 basketball, boxing, diving,

gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

Jean Claude Niringiyimana has been named as the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for April.

The Rwandan taekwondo player has picked up the accolade after impressing on home soil at the Africa Para

the world and won the monthly prize with 76 per cent of the public vote on the IPC's website.Canadian Para

Two ice hockey players are in the frame for the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for April prize.

Adam Dixon and the United States' Declan Farmer have made the shortlist following last month's World Para

best forward after he scored 12 goals across seven matches.Also nominated for the prize is Rwanda's taekwondo

player Jean Claude Niringiyimana, who upset some of the best in the world to win silver at the Africa Para

Taekwondo Open in his home capital Kigali.Manuela Schar won back-to-back marathons in London and Boston

USA Taekwondo has announced that registration for their National Championships in Detroit this year is

Center.Eligible competitors have until June 15 to submit their entry for the competition, which USA Taekwondo

thousands of matches scheduled across the different disciplines including sparring - both able bodied and Para

them and we have total confidence in their ability to help us deliver another world class event," USA Taekwondo

The USA Taekwondo National Championships are due to begin the day before the conclusion of the World

Championships in the South Korean city of Muju.The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) sanctioned event