World Taekwondo reaffirm humanitarian commitments on World Refugee Day
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World Taekwondo (WT) has marked this year’s World Refugee Day by reaffirming its commitment to empowering refugees and displaced people through sport.
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World Taekwondo (WT) has marked this year’s World Refugee Day by reaffirming its commitment to empowering refugees and displaced people through sport.
On 15 June the International Olympic Committee announced the eligible Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) for Paris 2024 and there were no taekwondo athletes on the list.
Three of GB Taekwondo’s most experienced fighters have been selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer.
Taekwondo has been officially included as one of 25 sports on the competition programme of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), set for Dakar, Senegal, in 2026.
European Taekwondo Union (ETU) Honorary President, Grandmaster Park Soo Nam passed away at the age of 76.
Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley has been officially selected to compete for Ireland at Paris 2024, the Irish Independent reports.
Pascal Gentil, member of the French Taekwondo team for the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games and former co-Chair of the WT Athletes Committee, has been named by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a "Believe in Sport" ambassador for Paris 2024.
The European Club Taekwondo Championships 2024 will be held from 13-16 of June at the Tirana Olympic Park “Feti Borova” in Tirana, Albania.
The Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier held in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in April marked a milestone in the organisation and management of high-level competitions in the region.
20 years old Taekwondo athlete Yahya Al Ghotany was 7 years old when the civil war broke out in his homeland of Syria.
The Chinese Taekwondo Association announced a six-strong roster for the Paris 2024 at a preparation meeting on 11 June, with all athletes set to make their Olympic debut, Xinhua reports.
The inaugural Singapore Open Virtual Taekwondo Championships was held on 8-9 June, with thrilling bouts contested at the Singapore Taekwondo Federation’s (STF) National Training Centre throughout the two-day event.
World Taekwondo President Dr. Chungwon Choue has concluded a visit to Zagreb, where he met the presented the country's Prime Minister Andrej Plenković with an honorary 8th Dan black belt for his contribution to Taekwondo and recognised the work of St. Catherine Specialty Hospital.
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.