Querétaro, Mexico, is preparing to receive from July 23 to 25 the Freestyle Poomsae Workshop, which will be conducted by the renowned master Seoungmin Rim, member of the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) Poomsae Committee.

The World Taekwondo Olympic Solidarity Camp 2024 for Youth, aimed at the African region, commenced on May 20, 2024, at the Senegal National Arena (Arène Nationale du Sénégal). This camp, organized by World Taekwondo in partnership with the IOC Olympic Solidarity Team and the African Taekwondo Union (AFTU), seeks to provide top-tier training and strategic guidance to young athletes and coaches in preparation for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Australian Taekwondo (AT) and the Combat Institute of Australia announced the athletes selected for Australia’s Olympic Team for the Paris 2024. Stacey Hymer, Bailey Lewis, and Leon Sejranovic, who won the Oceania Qualifiers, will represent their country after Australian Olympic Team Chef de Mission Anna Meares announced the trio's official selection.

World Taekwondo has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K-DOC Co. Ltd, a Korean medical services company, that will see the two organisations work together on global expansion of medical services in Taekwondo.

Double Olympic champion Jade Jones is hoping to become the first taekwondo competitor to win a third Olympic gold when she competes in Paris this summer according to the BBC.

Iranian Taekwondo team National Team won the men’s competition at the 2024 Asian Championships held in Da Nang, Vietnam on May 17-19.

Taekwondo athlete Farzad Mansouri was the flag bearer for Afghanistan at Tokyo 2020, but he left the country when the Taliban captured Kabul.

Newly crowned European champion Kimia Alizadeh is targeting Olympic gold at Paris 2024, Reuters reports.

"Like every other athlete, I am targeting the gold medal in Paris which is our main goal. I wake up every day for the gold medal in Paris and I'm trying my best and I give 100% to achieve this goal," Alizadeh said.

South Korea topped the medals table at the Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Da Nang, Vietnam from 16-18 May.

The World Taekwondo Coach-Referee Joint Training Camp for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has successfully concluded for 32 coaches and 26 international referees in Muju Taekwondowon, Korea.

Team GB ended a successful European Championship campaign with 6 medals in able bodied and 3 medals in para classes.

Daedo International, the leading provider of Taekwondo equipment, renewed its sponsorship contract with the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) for the period 2025-2028. The contract signing ceremony took place on 12 May at the Metropol Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia, with Daedo’s Director Sam Park and ETU Secretary General Antonio Barbarino officiating the event.

The 2024 Para-Taekwondo European Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 12 May in parallel with the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships.

The 2024 European Taekwondo Championships took place from 9-12 May in Belgrade, Serbia. 

The World Taekwondo Extraordinary Council Meeting was held on 12 May on the occasion of the WT Coach-Referee joint training camp for the Paris 2024 and featured a full agenda including the election of the host cities of the 2024 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and 2025 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenges.