Fiji is making final preparations to stage the Oceania Taekwondo Championships and the second edition

of the continent’s Para Taekwondo Championships.

Competitions are due to begin tomorrow at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, with World Taekwondo Federation

(WTF) and Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU) poomsae events kicking off proceedings.The opening day of action

will draw to a close with Oceania Para Taekwondo Championships competition taking place.While the majority

of the field will be from Oceania, the para-taekwondo events are also open to athletes from outside

of the continent.Attention will then turn towards the Olympic taekwondo divisions on Sunday (November

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) held discussions with representatives of the sport’s Member National

the attendees were then briefed on matters surrounding anti-doping and the creation of national-level Para-taekwondo

programmes.Later on in the afternoon, the ongoing efforts of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation were

also discussed as well as the WTF Taekwondo Partnership Programme."

very useful workshop for us," added Shima Babapour, the director of international affairs at the Iran Taekwondo

programme for athletes, new bid and selection process, and the supporting for refugees through the Taekwondo

Corbin Stacey has targeted competing at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, with the American taekwondo

right side of his body having less strength and feeling than his left.Stacey began participating in Para-taekwondo

National Championships earlier this year, as well as ending as the runner-up at both the Pan American Para-Taekwondo

Championships in Mexico and the Canada Para Open.It has boosted his world ranking to fourth, but Stacey

be on competing at the under-75 kilogram event at Lima 2019, before any thoughts turn to Tokyo 2020.Para-taekwondo

Para-taekwondo is due to make its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with Stacey claiming he will

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has released the Para-taekwondo world rankings for November, which

position as world number one last month following his gold medal-winning performance at the European Para-Taekwondo

Federation Para-taekwondo world rankings ©GB TaekwondoIran’s Saeid Sadeghianpour and Azerbaijan’s Alexandr

Polishuk still lead the respective men’s K42 under 61kg and men’s K42 over 75kg standings.The final Para-taekwondo

event of the year is due to be the Oceania Para-Taekwondo Open Championships in Fiji’s capital Suva.The

second edition of the Championships is due to take place on November 27 and 28.To view the Para-taekwondo

Russian athletes face the prospect of being unable to compete this winter in five of the six sports on the programme of the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, seriously putting in doubt whether they will be able to qualify even if a ban on them is lifted in time.

 Wheelchair curling is currently the only winter sport in which Russian Para-athletes are eligible

Russian athletes that are member of the Russian Archery Federation (which includes the Para-archers competing

at our events) are free to compete at World Archery events in 2017 including the World Archery Para

Under-23 World Championships ©IWASInternational Federations representing boccia, canoeing, rowing, taekwondo

, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and Para-volley have not yet responded to insidethegames' 

Hadi Hassanzada has become the first Para-taekwondo athlete to compete at an international competition

under the flag of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).

The THF, established by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), aims to teach the sport and related educational

Turkey, where he set up home in the capital city of Vienna.Hadi Hassanzada competed at the European Para-Taekwondo

Hassanzada joined the special needs team at Rapid Vienna Football Club.His manager, however, asked a Para-taekwondo

coach to train him even further and his talents were immediately visible.After joining the Para-taekwondo

Hassanzada went on to compete at the European Para-Taekwondo Championships K42 Class wearing the THF

Paralympic Committee (SPC) Miguel Carballeda has been awarded the Infanta Sofia award for his work involving Para-sports

Council of Sports handed Carballeda the award for his contributions to the "development and promotion" of Para-sports

Garbine Muguruza was among the other winners in the "surprise athlete of the year" category, while taekwondo

Budapest 2024 claim to be building good relations with the international sporting community by holding a series of meetings with world governing bodies in the Hungarian capital.

Representatives from International Federations from boxing, fencing, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, taekwondo

fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, canoe sprint, judo, sailing, modern pentathlon and triathlon and six major Para-sport

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has released the Para-taekwondo world rankings for October, which

This year has been fantastic for Para-taekwondo," said WTF President Chungwon Choue."

The fifth Open European Para Taekwondo Championships was an historic event and showed that the sport

continues to grow around the world.The European Para Taekwondo Championships took place in Warsaw, Poland

The final Para-taekwondo event of the year will be the second Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships

30 countries and four continents took part in the European Championships in Warsaw on September 16.A Para-taekwondo

Russia proved to be the dominant nation at the European Para-Taekwondo Championships as they clinched

the category went to Slavko Adamov of Serbia and Hungarian Csaba Simon.Spartak Gazzaev then beat home taekwondo

Russian triumph of the competition in the Polish capital, seen as a key tournament for the development of taekwondo

came thanks to Magomedzagir Isaldibirov.Like team-mate Akmatov, Isaldibirov had to overcome an Iranian taekwondo

left the event in Warsaw with a silver medal for India ©TwitterRussia were denied a fifth European Para-Taekwondo

 A record-breaking 147 athletes from 32 countries took part at the European Para-Taekwondo Championships

Iranian star Mahdi Pourrahnama has claimed Para-taekwondo is a more exciting and interesting version

before an evening final session at the Olympics in what was a special initiative organised by the World Taekwondo

right) and Russian arch-rival Vitali Nazarenko, pictured after their bout ©Getty ImagesHe believes that Para-athletes

“You know, lots of people think Para-taekwondo is easy, but it is not easy," he said.

.”Taekwondo did not feature at the Paralympic Games which closed in Rio today.But it is set to make its

[like] being tired, being exhausted, being sick of taekwondo, these sorts of things,” Pourrahnama added

A record-breaking 147 athletes from 32 countries have entered the European Para Taekwondo Championships

and the European Para-Taekwondo Union, the Championships are recognised by the WTF.Last month, ETU President

Sakis Paragalos led a delegation to Ulyanovsk to discuss the development of Para-taekwondo in Russia

provides a boost to the overall development of the sport ahead of its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020.Para-taekwondo

Committee’s decision to have a dedicated refugee team at Rio 2016, we will have our first ever refugee para-taekwondo

The development of para-taekwondo in 2016 has been fantastic but we know we have potential to grow the

The medal design for the fifth edition of the European Para Taekwondo Championships has been revealed

 Para-taekwondo athletes from across the world are eligible to compete in Warsaw ©EPTU/FacebookFor

Federation and promoted by the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the European Para-Taekwondo Union,

the Championships are recognised by the World Taekwondo Federation.Last month, ETU President Sakis Paragalos

led a delegation to Ulyanovsk to discuss the development of Para-taekwondo in Russia and Europe.He was

the Volga River, 893 kilometres east of Moscow.Ulyanovsk will host the sixth edition of the European Para-Taekwondo

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed Richard McLaren’s Independent Commission report has been “falsified” and says the country will file lawsuits against those who make accusations of state-sponsored doping.

samples to conceal positive tests, including summer ones not normally linked with doping like sailing, taekwondo

and entirely compromised", while accusing the Russian Government of "catastrophically failing" its Para-athletes.The

European Para-Taekwondo Union (EPTU) President Aleksandr Shlychkov has hailed the spread of the sport

The centre of the sport's presence in the country is in Ulyanovsk, which will host the 2017 European Para-Taekwondo

The opening of the Russia representative Para-taekwondo office of the European Taekwondo Union in Ulyanovsk

city is a significant step in the development of Para-sport in the whole of Russia," said Shlychkov.

Para-taekwondo will become a stepping stone in promotion of Paralympic kinds of sport in the region.

development of Para-taekwondo in Russia and Europe.He was joined by ETU vice-president Fred Buitenhuis