The Gangwon Chuncheon 2023 World Taekwondo Cultural Festival has officially opened with a spectacular

Ceremony featured performances from the Korean Air Force’s aerobatic team the Black Eagles and the World Taekwondo

demonstration team.The athlete oaths were made by Para taekwondo athlete Jeong Hun Joo of South Korea

and beach taekwondo and demonstration team athlete Claudia Cianci of Italy.World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond

Games referee Ghazi Mubark Alghanem of Saudi Arabia and World Taekwondo Beach Championships referee

Pace of Australia took the referee oaths.An implementation agreement on the relocation of the World Taekwondo

Singapore has been awarded the hosting rights for the inaugural World Taekwondo Virtual Championships

in 2024 on the opening day of the Gangwon-Chuncheon World Taekwondo Cultural Festival.

World Taekwondo cited Singapore's staging of the first-ever Olympic Esports Week in June as a reason

Congratulations to Singapore on the awarding of the first-ever World Taekwondo Virtual Championships,

" said World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue."

 Chuncheon was also awarded the World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond Games, the World Taekwondo Demonstration

Team Championships and the World Para Taekwondo Open Challenge from 2024 to 2026.

snatch the K44 men's under-80 kilogram title away from Nikola Spajic of Serbia on the final day of taekwondo

action at the European Para Championships.

Makadze and Turkey’s Mehmet Sami Sarac were the bronze medallists.Archery, wheelchair basketball and Para

also continued in Rotterdam.Competition is due to continue tomorrow with medals set to be awarded in Para

cycling and shooting Para sport.

A Para taekwondo fighter has revealed how she "risked my life" to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

’s under-47-kilogram title with a dramatic triumph against Turkey’s Nurcihan Ekinci at the European Para

participate at the Paralympics since Athens 2004 when she took part in the women’s K44 under-49 kilograms taekwondo

concerned" by the country’s restrictions in sport.Khudadadi is continuing to train with the French Para

taekwondo team as she aims to win a medal at Paris 2024."

World Taekwondo officials were given the opportunity to run the rule over staging of the sport at the

and Para taekwondo competition during Paris 2024.A small World Taekwondo delegation have been in the

during the Olympics as operational tests were carried out behind closed doors ©Paris 2024Olof Hansson, Para

taekwondo director at World Taekwondo, was among those to visit the venue where he said thorough checks

from August 7 to 10.The staging is set to switch for the Paralympics, with Para taekwondo scheduled

and Para taekwondo.Olof Hansson, Para taekwondo director at World Taekwondo, described the Grand Palais

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winning women’s under-65kg gold ©EPCFans are gripped by one of many matches on the penultimate day of Para

taekwondo action ©EPCThe qualifying rounds of the Para archery competition took place in a car park

women’s recurve open 70m class ©EPCIgnacio Fernández of Spain was among the players in action as the Para

Elisabetta Mijno of Italy made history by becoming the first athlete to break a world record at the European Para

Championships (EPC) here, while Turkey claimed more taekwondo medals.

Competing in a car park which has been transformed into a target range for the Para archery competition

points which broke the previous world record of 657 set by Iranian Zahra Nemati in 2015.The Italian Para

🎯 #EPC2023 pic.twitter.com/WELmtssxZl— European Para Championships (@EuroParaChamps) August 15, 2023Para

taekwondo competition continued with Turkey claiming five medals including two golds across five categories

taekwondo.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee has praised the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for the successful recent weightlifting operational test event.

test was the third such event set to take place this month at the South Paris Arena.Table tennis and Para

similar one-day practice in the venue's Hall 4 while handball is also set to feature at Hall 6.Fencing, taekwondo

, judo, wrestling, Para taekwondo, Para archery, wheelchair rugby, and Para rugby are also due to have

Jeroen Straathof, tournament director of the European Para Championships, has issued a "call for action

" to increase the participation of Para taekwondo in The Netherlands after the country failed to field

Para taekwondo is the only one of the 10 sports featuring at the inaugural EPC where the host nation

taekwondo which got underway today and will be the focus for the next two days.Straathof insists that

taekwondo fighters.The Netherlands has failed to field a single Para taekwondo fighter in the competition

For instance there is no taekwondo athlete from The Netherlands here so we don’t have the international

Para sports are developing."

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emotional following her triumph in Rotterdam ©EPCThe Rotterdam Ahoy played host to the opening day of Para

taekwondo action ©EPCThere were a number of exciting encounters as Para taekwondo fighters battled it

Taliban seized control to compete at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo two years ago, claimed an emotional taekwondo

gold at the European Para Championships here.

Khudadadi paid tribute to the French Taekwondo Federation for allowing her to train for the team but

Despite Ekinci’s defeat, it proved to be a successful day for the Turkish taekwondo team.Meryem Betül

complete an emphatic victory.Competition is due to continue tomorrow with more medals set to be awarded in Para

taekwondo.

golds each as hosts The Netherlands completed a clean sweep of wheelchair tennis titles at the European Para

Overall score: 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 pic.twitter.com/CghyXJGu7K— European Para Championships (@EuroParaChamps

in a dominant second period.Competition is due to continue tomorrow with medals set to be awarded in Para

taekwondo.

Turkey looks set to bid for the 2027 European Para Championships (EPC) as part of its quest to stage

expressed Turkey’s interest to the European Paralympic Committee over playing host to the 2025 European Para

We also discussed with the European Paralympic Committee about the European Para Youth Games which they

We know that without Para sports it is not possible to organise the Olympic Games," added Aksu."

badminton, boccia, Para cycling, goalball, Para judo, shooting Para sports, Para taekwondo, wheelchair

table tennis, Para powerlifting and sitting volleyball."

The World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond Games is set to be among four premier events to be staged in Gangwon-Chuncheon

pair and team competitions.The tournament has been included in the inaugural Gangwon-Chuncheon World Taekwondo

Cultural Festival ©World TaekwondoAs well as the World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond Games, Gangwon-Chuncheon

is due to play host the World Taekwondo Beach Championships, the World Para Taekwondo Open Challenge

and the first-ever edition of the World Taekwondo Demonstration Team Championships.It will be the first

time the World Taekwondo Beach Championships has been staged in Asia and will see athletes compete in

Shortly after landing in Rotterdam, Andrew Parsons found himself faced with a situation that all travellers dread - his luggage did not arrive.

His persistence paid off with Para archery, Para badminton, boccia, Para cycling, goalball, Para judo

, shooting Para sports, Para taekwondo, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis agreeing to form

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

It’s not the first continental multi-sport event in Para sport, with the Asian Para Games set for its

he won a Para judo title ©EPCRomania’s Para judoka Florin Bologa made history by becoming the first-ever