[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]22 August 2016; Rio de Janeiro: The Olympic taekwondo competition drew to close on Saturday night in Carioca Arena 3 in Rio’s Barra Olympic Park after four-days of exciting, dramatic and often unpredictable matches leading World Taekwondo Federation President Chungwon Choue to predict that the taekwondo legacy of the Games in Brazil and around the world would last well beyond 2016. In Rio, a total of 126 athletes from 62 countries competed. The eight Olympic gold medals available were shared between six countries with a further 14 countries winning silver or bronze medal
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]19 August 2016; Rio de Janeiro: Day 3 of the Olympic taekwondo competition at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio’s Barra Olympic Park saw two more highly anticipated weight categories being contested, with golds going to South Korea and Cote d’Ivoire – a historic first-ever Olympic gold for that nation. In the women -67kg category, gold went to Hyeri Oh of South Korea, silver went to Haby Niare of France and bronzes were won by Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi of Cote d’Ivoire and Nur Tatar of Turkey. In the men -80kg category, gold was seized by Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse of Cote d
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]18 August 2016; Rio de Janeiro – Day 2 of the Olympic taekwondo competition at the Carioca 3 Arena in Rio’s Barra Olympic Park saw two of the most anticipated weight categories contested, with Great Britain and Jordan seizing gold. And sportive history was written – twice. Taekwondo delivered Jordan its first ever Olympic medal, in any sport, at any Olympics, ever. It also gave Iran its first-ever female Olympic medal in any sport. In the women -57kg category, gold wen to Jade Jones of Great Britain, silver went to Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain and bronzes were won by Egypt’
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue today congratulated Jordan on winning its first ever Olympic medal and Iran on winning its first ever female Olympic medal on a night which truly reflected taekwondo’s universality and global reach. Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan made history by winning gold in the men’s -68kg against Russia’s Alexey Denisenko to claim his country’s first Olympic medal. Shortly before, Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin had secured her own place in the record books by becoming the first female Olympic medalist from Iran with a victory over Ni
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]On the first day of the Olympic taekwondo competition, gold medals went to South Korea and China, silvers to Serbia and Thailand, and bronzes to Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Thailand and Korea. In the women -49kg category, Sohui Kim of South Korea won gold and Tijana Bogdanovic of Serbia won silver, while Patimat Abakarova of Azerbaijan and Thailand’s Panipak Wongpattanakit took home bronzes. In the men -58kg category, Shuai Zhang of China won gold and Tawin Hanbat of Thailand won silver, while Luisito Pie of Dominican Republic and South Korea’s Taehun Kim won bronzes.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LAUSANNE, Switzerland (June 29, 2016): The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) successfully hosted the first ever Partnership Workshop in the Olympic Capital, Lausanne, as the federation aims to increase dialogue and collaboration with potential hosts of its events between 2017 and 2021. The two-day Partnership Workshop was attended by more than 40 participants from global cities. The workshop was held under the title of “WTF Events, Why and How Bid?” and was facilitated by the WTF to provide an opportunity for the federation and potential bidders to understand and clarify
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Tripartite Commission has offered athletes from the Central African Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Nepal invitation places for the taekwondo competition at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. The female athletes chosen are Aniya Louissaint from Haiti (female -67kg category) and Nisha Rawal from Nepal (female +67kg). The male athletes chosen are Miguel Adrian Ferrera Rodriguez from Honduras (male -80kg category) and David Boui from the Central African Republic (male -68kg). Fifty three National Olympic Committees had presented the IOC with 78 candidates for the four i
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Asia’s best taekwondo athletes will travel to Manilla, Philippines this week with the hope of securing one of the final 16 Olympic qualification places for Rio 2016, offered at the Asian Qualification Tournament.A total of 98 athletes from 36 countries across Asia will compete in eight Olympic weight categories (four male and four female) during the tournament, which will be held in the Marriot Hotel Convention Center over April 16-17. The winner and runner up of each weight category will claim a vital Olympic qualification place for their respective countries.Thirty inte
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven was awarded the 10th Honorary Black belt by WTF President Dr. Chungwon Choue on Friday in recognition of his outstanding support for the sport of taekwondo. The awarding ceremony took place at the reception for the 1st WTF President Cup-European Region which was held at Telekom Dom in Bonn, Germany on 8 April, 2016. Sir Craven was presented with the belt following a period of close collaboration between the IPC and WTF. The WTF was recognized by the IPC in 2013 and worked with the organization to gro
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GENEVA, Switzerland (March 10, 2016) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has signed an agreement in Geneva with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) that will make it easier for thousands of refugees across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe to enjoy the Olympic sport and martial art of taekwondo and keep healthy. The WTF, together with the soon-to-be-created Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, will provide coaches and equipment for pilot taekwondo programmes already launched in two camps for Syrian refugees – Kilis in Turkey, and Jordan’s Za’atariNew projects will