Imamaddin Khalilov continued his dream run in Veracruz as he won a World Para Taekwondo Championship

gold, less than a week after a victory at the World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix at the same venue.

Jessica Garcia Quijano ended her wait for a major title as she claimed victory on home soil at the World Para

Taekwondo Championships in Veracruz.

Garcia Quijano’s victory provided a great start to the Para kyorugi discipline at the World Trade Centre.Cheered

-1 against Egypt’s Salma Ali Abd Al Moneem Hassan, who won a first gold for her nation at the World Para

Taekwondo Grand Prix, a warm-up event held at the same location on the eve of the World Championships.Speaking

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has virtually met newly-appointed Committee chairs to introduce

Finance Committee chair Pimol Srivikorn were on the call.South Korean President Choue, who has led World Taekwondo

expertise to rule-making, and Thailand's Srivikorn asked for ideas on new sources of revenue.World Taekwondo

secretary general Jeongkang Seo provided an updated from the World Para Taekwondo Championships in Veracruz

event management senior director Jay Lee presented key events for the remainder of 2023 and 2024.World Taekwondo

The discipline of Para poomsae returned to the programme after a four-year absence as it opened proceedings

at the World Para Taekwondo Championships at Veracruz in Mexico.

Para poomsae has not featured as part of the World Para Taekwondo Championships programme for four years

Taekwondo Championships in Veracruz ©World TaekwondoThe men’s A-class P22 title was won by Stipe Baric

poomsae discipline does not currently feature at the Paralympic Games, although World Taekwondo secretary

We have a great future of Para poomsae in the Paralympic programme with a solid system in place."

Soon, we are very confident to see Para poomsae in the Paralympic programme."

Britain and Azerbaijan won two gold medals each at the World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix in Veracruz in

The one-day competition at the World Trade Center was a dress rehearsal for the World Para Taekwondo

Munro, a Paralympic silver medallist, won the women's under-65kg tournament to add to her European Para

The Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation and World Taekwondo Wuxi Centre founder Dejan Sun have been honoured

with the Taekwondo Day Award in recognition of their "achievements and contributions" to the sport.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue presented the award to the National Federation's President Kamaladdin

Federation since 1999 and has also served as World Taekwondo vice-president from 2005 to 2020.

for founding the Wuxi Centre in China ©World TaekwondoThe city also hosted the first ever World Para

Taekwondo Championships in 2009 and inaugural World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in 2014,In addition

and implementing the taekwondo industry standards, taekwondo education and training development, technology

Iran dominated the Asian Para Open Taekwondo Championships in Lebanon's capital Beirut, winning five

three winners each beating Iranian opponents.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Official World Para

Taekwondo (@worldparataekwondo)Javokhir Alikulov prevailed over Mahdi Pourrahnama in the men's under

expense of Leila Mirzaei.Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan were the other nations to take golds at the Asian Para

Open Taekwondo Championships.Xiao Xiang-wen took Chinese Taipei's victory in the men's under-58kg against

for Kazakhstan Mariam Salimgereeva defeated Iran's Romina Chamsouraki in the women's under-65kg.Para taekwondo

Mexican taekwondo athletes have taken part in a Para poomsae training camp in preparation for this year

’s World Para Taekwondo Championships, due to begin later this month in Veracruz.

The camp took place in Mexico City and was set up to give the country’s Para taekwondo athletes the best

possible preparation prior to a home World Para Taekwondo Championships, set to begin on September 21

.The Federación Mexicana de Taekwondo thanked the country’s coaches for their efforts in preparing athletes

for the Championships, which are being held in Mexico for the first time.This year's World Para Taekwondo

Championships in Veracruz is due to be one of the biggest in the event's history ©World Para TaekwondoPara

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons attended the World Para Taekwondo Grand

Para taekwondo is set to make its second appearance at the Paralympics after making its debut at Tokyo

We are very impressed with the short period that we have been working with World Taekwondo."

The World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix was a one-day event featuring 111 athletes from 30 countries and

to congratulate Afghan refugee athlete Zakia Khudadadi, left, following her success at the European Para

Uzbekistan claimed two gold medals on the final day of the World Para Taekwondo Open Challenge, held

as part of the Gangwon Chuncheon 2023 World Taekwondo Festival.

after being beaten by Laura Puntriano of Peru.Only two athletes participated in this category.The World Para

Taekwondo Open Challenge is set to feature alongside the World Taekwondo Demonstration Championships

and World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond Game, as part of the 2024 World Taekwondo Cultural Festival, also

Mongolia claimed double gold on the first day of the World Para Taekwondo Open Challenge as the Gangwon

Chuncheon 2023 World Taekwondo Cultural Festival continued.

The World Para Taekwondo Open Challenge was the last of the four premier events to feature at the Cultural

following on from the Octagon Diamond Games, Demonstration Team Championships and Beach Championships.World Para

Taekwondo Open Challenge action took place at the Songam Sports Town Main Stadium in Chuncheon with

Antonino Bossolo of Italy.Three men's and two women's categories were contested on day one of the World Para

Taekwondo Open Challenge ©World TaekwondoThe final men’s category decided today was at under-70kg, with

Taekwondo tournaments at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games were discussed during a recent meeting

between the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) and World Taekwondo.

Delgado and secretary general Mario Mandel presented a report on the progress of preparations to World Taekwondo

 "We are very happy to have the presence of our highest world taekwondo authorities, which ratifies

Judo, karate and taekwondo will be in this pavilion."Dr.

understand how the flow of the upper lanes and exit will look like, as well as the different departments for Para

Taekwondo."

The World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond Game, Demonstration Team Championships and Beach Championships concluded

on the third day of the World Taekwondo Cultural Festival, which is being held in Gangwon and Chuncheon

Kim.Bronze medals were awarded to Hamzah omar Saeed of Pakistan and Hayk Amirbekyan of Canada.World Taekwondo

action at the Beach Championships, with medals awarded across a total of 17 categories.Meanwhile, World Taekwondo

recognition of their efforts.Action is due to continue tomorrow with the start of the two-day World Para

Taekwondo Open Challenge.

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade 2023 is set to begin here tomorrow as more than 2,000 athletes aged 13 to 15 will compete in 18 disciplines.

gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, orienteering, skateboarding, swimming, surfing, table tennis, taekwondo

, wrestling, Para athletics, Para swimming and Para judo are part of the programme.

Eric Kersten, the founder of the European Para Championships (EPC), believes the inaugural edition here

after 13 days of competition which has seen more than 1,500 athletes from 45 nations compete across 10 Para

archery, Para badminton, boccia, goalball, Para judo, shooting Para sport, Para taekwondo and wheelchair

basketball competition.But Kersten said it was a shame that wheelchair tennis players and Para cyclists

Victoria Tennishal before the finals were staged at Schouwburgplein in the heart of the city, while Para

In Para cycling, you need a track."