[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Olympic champions, Olympic medallists and promising young stars are among the exciting line up of athletes preparing to compete at the Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix on September 2-4. Some of the world’s best Taekwondo athletes will travel to Paris where a total of 256 athletes, including one Refugee team, will compete across four men’s and four women’s Olympic weight categories. It will be the first Grand Prix to be hosted in Paris and will take on added significance as it will give athletes a taste of the city ahead of the Olympic competitions in 2024. The event w
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA,Bulgaria (Aug 8, 2022) - Korea, Iran and Turkiye won the lastgold medals of the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships after sixdays of fantastic action which showcased Taekwondo’s strong future. Korea also won two silver medals on aday which reinforced their impressive form at the tournament and secured theirposition at the top of the standings in both the men and women’s categories.Montenegro also won silver which is the first ever medal the country has won ata World Taekwondo event. Bronze medals were shared between Brazil, Spain,Mexico, Great Britain, Ch
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 6, 2022) - Iran and Korea added to their impressive gold tallies on the fifth day of competition at the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships. With Belgium winning the fourth gold on offer. Korea won golds in the M-73kg and W-59kg and Iran took gold in the M-73kg and W-63kg. Turkey, Great Britain, France and Iran won silvers. While, Morocco, Croatia, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Chinese Taipei, Greece, Serbia and Ukraine won the bronze medals. In the M-73kg, Reza Kalhor from Iran and Munir Furkan Dogru faced each other. Kalhor got off to a strong start
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 5, 2022) - On the fourth day of the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships Italy managed to win its first gold as Korea and Iran continued their impressive form in the event. The day’s action saw competition across the M-63kg, W-55kg and M-68kg. Iran took gold in the M-63kg with Uzbekistan winning silver and Greece and Korea taking bronze. In the W-55kg, Korea won gold, Greece silver, and Croatia and Norway took bronze. While in the M-68kg it was Italy who won gold, with Serbia taking silver and Australia and Kazakhstan settling for bronze. In
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 4, 2022) - The third day of the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Championships saw Korea win all three golds on offer in a dominant day for the Asian Korea won golds in the M-55kg, M-59kg and the W-52kg, with United States of America, Thailand and Uzbekistan winning silvers respectively. The M-55kg was the first of the day’s finals as Euijun Hong of Korea faced the USA’s William Cunningham. Hong was too strong for Cunningham and won the match 2-0. Following in Hong’s footsteps, Yeowon Seo overcame Uzbekistan’s Marjona Khudaykulova 2-0 in the W-52kg. The hatt
[By NBC-1TV K, K Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 3, 2022) - The second day of the spectacular Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships saw Iran and Korea win two medals each. The first final of the night drew Abolfazl Zandi from Iran against Pornpawit Toruen from Thailand in the M-48kg. The opening round set the tone for what would be a breathless and highly competitive match. With both fighters landing a number of head kicks the round finished 15-12 to Zandi. The second round followed in the same vein but Zandi was ultimately too strong and won the second round with a commanding score of 25-1
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 2, 2022) - The Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships opened in style today with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue officially opening the event following a thrilling performance by the World Taekwondo Demonstration The semi-finals and finals of the W-42kg, M-45kg and W-44kg followed the opening ceremony and saw gold medals go to Iran, Korea and Thailand. President Radev and President Choue were joined by President of Taekwondo Bulgaria Slavi Binev at the opening ceremony and addressing the crowd, Pr
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Aug 1, 2022) - World Taekwondo today inducted its first six inductees into the inaugural World Taekwondo Hall of Fame 2022 during its General Assembly in Sofia. The official ceremony was one of the key items on the General Assembly agenda which also included the reveal of World Taekwondo’s golden jubilee logo and theme: Peace in Mind, Taekwondo at Heart”. The golden jubilee will be celebrated next year. During the General Assembly there were also a number of important reports on subjects including the MNA survey which will be the foundation for the MNA ran