May has been a busy and fruitful month with several para taekwondo athletes classified in three different continents.

Altogether 22 athletes were classified in three championships with 9th Asian Para Taekwondo Open Championship witnessing several new athletes being classified in De Nang, Vietnam.

Para Taekwondo will feature for the second time in Asian Youth Para Games programme in Tashkent 2025 after its successful debut in Bahrain 2021 Games.

Para Taekwondo has been announced as one of the 10 sports to feature at the next edition of the Asian Youth Para Games to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan during September- October 2025.

The 27th World Military Taekwondo Championship officially commenced on 31 May at Mungyeong Citizens Stadium, setting the stage for a remarkable event that has drawn elite athletes and officials from around the globe, the CISM reports. The championship, hosted by the Ministry of National Defense and co-organized by Mungyeong City and the Korean Armed Forces Athletic Corps, is proudly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gyeongsangbuk-do.

For International Referee (IR), Nichola (Nikky) White, the path to being appointed a referee for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has been as long and costly as it has been rewarding, Taekwondo Australia reports.

The Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) has achieved an unprecedented milestone for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games.In contrast to the two athletes who qualified by ranking for Tokyo 2020, on this occasion, five taekwondo athletes from the region have secured their spots in the world's most important sporting event through the world ranking.

On 2 June, a special collective Taekwondo torch relay will start in Bressuire. The flame will be in the small French commune at 10:10.

Taekwondo is a sport that provides hope and dreams, said the president of the World Taekwondo (WT) Chungwon Choue in his congratulation for the 51th founding anniversary of the WT, on 28 May.

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.