[By NBC-1TV K,Y Yi]HAMMAMET, Tunisia (April 13, 2018) - The record-breaking World Taekwondo Junior championships drew to a close today with Russia and Iran finishing top of the female and male medal table respectively following five-days of thrilling action.Over the course of the Championships nearly 1,000 young athletes from 118 countries around the world took part, demonstrating the universality of taekwondo. 27 countries also won medals demonstrating the sport’s extensive strength in depth. The final day saw the gold medals claimed by Althea Laurin of France in the junior female -68kg categ
[By NBC-1TV K,Y YI]HAMMAMET, Tunisia (April 11, 2018) - Thi Kim Ngan Hofrom Vietnam today won her second World Taekwondo Junior Championships gold medal in the juniors women’s -49kg having won gold two years ago in Burnaby, Canada in the -44kg weight category. Meanwhile, Iran won two golds and Great Britain won one on a thrilling second day of action at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia. The golds were won by Aaliyah Powell of Great Britain in the junior women’s -46kg, Amir Valipour of Iran in the junior men’s -51kg, Thi Kim Ngan Hoof Vietnam in the junior women’s -