[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] CHIBA, Japan (15 September 2019) - The third andfinal day of the Chiba Grand Prix saw golds go to Thailand and Azerbaijan asthe Women’s -49kg and Men’s -80kg categories were contested. The final of the former category delivered aclassic rivalry, while the final of the latter gifted the crowd with what mustsurely rank as one of the finest taekwondo battles of all time - an instantclassic for the sport. Women’s -49kg The final pitted Panipak Wongpattanakit ofThailand against Jingyu “Superkicker” Wu of China. The latter, a two-timeOlympic gold medalist, is making a triumph
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] CHIBA, Japan (14 September 2019) – The second day of the ChibaGrand Prix saw Korea win two of the golds on offer and France the third afterthree tight final matches that were all decided in the last round. Men’s -58kg The final of the category presented two of the top players from two ofthe top teams in the game: Jun Jang of Korea versus Armin Hadipour Seighalaniof Iran. Round 1 started slowly, with neither player committing - then theIranian landed to the body for two points. He then started head hunting andlanded a wickedly fast head shot to go 5-0 up. Yet more troubl
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] CHIBA, Japan (12 September 2019) - The first dayof the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Chiba, Japan, saw fighters from Turkey,Iranand China capture the golds. With Olympic qualification points on tap, thetournament, held in the Tokyo suburb which will host the Olympic taekwondocompetition next year, promised great things. It delivered – with a last-secondreversal of fortune, a high-scoring superfight and a grudge battle between the biggestrivals in the women’s division. Womens -57kg In the finals, Nada Laraaj of Morocco took onHatice Kubra Ilgun of Turkey. Round 1 saw both
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] CHIBA, Japan (September6, 2019) - The World Taekwondo Grand Prix will take place in Chiba, Japan inSeptember, marking the first time the prestigious event has been heldin“The Land of the Rising Sun.” The Grand Prixwill take place from Sept 13-15 in the same city that will host the taekwondocompetition of next year’s Olympics. And the on-mats action in the Chiba PortArena is expected to be particularly heated, given that the Grand Prix offersathletes valuable Olympic ranking points less than a year before Tokyo 2020. The world’s topplayers will be competing in eight Olymp
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(August 25, 2019) - The World Taekwondo World Cup TeamChampionships came to an end today in an enthralling last day of thecompetition in Wuxi in the mixed gender team matches. With an early withdrawal by the USA dueto injury, the day offered a fantastic opportunity for the remaining sevencountries: China, Cote D'ivoire, Iran, Japan, Korea, Turkey and Russia. Hosts China conquered today’scompetition with their fierce attack in all high scoring matches. In their semi-final against Turkey,China won convincingly with a score of 83:48, before facing Iran in the final
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(August 24, 2019) - The World Taekwondo World Cup TeamChampionships entered the second day of competition in Wuxi today as it was theturn of the men’s teams to showcase the excitement and frenetic pace of teamtaekwondo. Competing today were the Republic ofKorea, Russia, the United States of America, Iran, Kazakhstan and hosts Chinawith two teams. In a close final, Iran struck gold afterachieving bronze in last year’s World Cup. Despite Korea winning the firstthree rounds, Iran ended the final round with a flourish to win a very tensematch, 71:68. Bringing home t
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(August 23, 2019) - The World Taekwondo World Cup TeamChampionships got underway in Wuxi today following the conclusion of thespectacular two-day Poomsae Championships. The Team Championships got into fullswing with the women’s team competitions. Throwing their hat into the ring for thewomen’s Championship title were: the USA, Republic of Korea, Russia and hostsChina, with two teams entered. The final between China 1 and Russia wasan exceptionally competitive match with both teams tied at 30:30 after threerounds, forcing a golden point round. With the exceptiona
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China (August 22, 2019) - Chinese Taipei dominated the first day of the WuxiWorld Cup Poomsae Championships which began today in the Taihu InternationalExpo Centre in Wuxi, China. The day started with Individual Recognised Poomsae, followed by Poomsae MixedPair performances, before finishing with the team recognised poomsae performances for both male and female groups.Chinese Taipei dominated the men’s and female’s individual recognised poomsaecompetitions with a combined total of seven gold medals. The USA also recordeda successful day with a total of five golds, wh