[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Gabriel Ramos of the Mexican Taekwondo Federation, delivers a thank-you message to participants in the WTF General Assembly in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 11, 2015. Mexico's Guadalrajara was chosen as the host city of the 2016 WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Kit McConnell, sports director of the International Olympic Committee, makes a progress report on important IOC issues, including Olympic Agenda 2020, for the participants in the WTF General Assembly in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 11, 2015.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Russian city of Chelyabinsk is ready for the 2015 WTF World Taekwondo Championships, which are scheduled for May 12-18, 2015.A total of 875 athletes from 136 countries have submitted their entry forms for the biennial championships, which is the 22nd edition of its kind for men and 15th for women.The seven-day event, which will take place at the Traktor Arena in Chelyabinsk, will feature eight male and eight female weight categories.Among athletes to watch at the championships will be 2012 London Olympic gold medalists - Jade Jones of Great Britain, Milica Mandic of S
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue today spoke of his confidence that para-taekwondo would bring something special and distinctive to the IPC should the sport be given the honour of being included on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme.The WTF President’s comments come on the day the WTF has announced that the sport’s flagship event – the World Para-Taekwondo Championships – will be held for the sixth time in 2015 in the Turkish city of Samsun on September 18, 2015. With world rankings being implemented for all para-taek
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]An extraordinary WTF Council meeting was held today at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand with the attendance of 25 Council members and two auditors.WTF President Chungwon Choue opened the meeting by thanking Dr. Nat Indrapana, the IOC member from Thailand, and Mr. Pimol Srivikorn, president of the Taekwondo Association of Thailand, for their great efforts in preparations for the meeting. Dr. Choue congratulated the two new WTF Council members - Mr. Sung-chon Hong and Mr. Jonathan Nnaji.In his opening speech, WTF President Choue summarized all the activities
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Mexican city of Queretaro is eager for the kick-off of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the 2014 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships.The Queretaro Grand Prix final will be held at the Queretaro Convention Center on Dec. 3-4, drawing a total of 64 top athletes from 27 countries. A total of 30 international referees will officiate at the Grand Prix final.By country, host Mexico fields the largest nine athletes, including three female athletes, followed by Korea with four male and three female players. France sends one male and five female athlete
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (October 26, 2014) --- Spain and Korea won one gold medal each on the third and final day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 3 in Manchester, the United Kingdom on Oct. 26, 2014.In the women's -57kg final match, Spain's Eva Calvo Gomez needed a fourth golden-point round to win the gold medal against Great Britain's Jade Jones. The two were tied at 4-4 after the regular three rounds. Eva also received a top prize money of $5,000.Korea's Ah-reum Lee and Japan's Mayu Hamada shared the bronze medal in the female category.In the men's -68
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Iran won two gold medals and Spain took one gold medal on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 3 in Manchester, the United Kingdom on Oct. 25, 2014.In the women's -49kg final match, Spain's Brigida Yague beat Hungary's Ivett Gonda 4-2 for the gold medal. Yague also took a top prize money of $5,000. The bronze medal in the same division went to Croatia's Lucija Zaninovic and France's Yasmina Aziez.Iran's Farzan Ashour Zadeh Fallah needed a fourth golden-point round to win the gold medal in the men's -58kg category. Tied at 3-3 at the end of the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (October 24, 2014) --- Serbia, Russia and Germany grabbed one gold medal each on the opening day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 3 in Manchester, the United Kingdom on Oct. 24, 2014.In the women's +67kg final match, Milica Mandic of Serbia, the gold medalist in the women’s +67kg at the 2012 London Olympic Games, defeated the Netherlands' Reshmie Oogink 7-4 to earn her country the gold medal. Mandic also took a prize money of $5,000. Korea's In-jong Lee and Turkey's Asena Aydin had to settle for the bronze medal in the same fema
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The British city of Manchester is ready for the kick-off of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 3.The Manchester Grand Prix event, scheduled for Oct. 24-26, 2014, will be held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. The complex was used as the venue for the inaugural WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix final in December 2013.A total of 236 top athletes from 56 countries are registered to compete for top honors at the three-day event. Among the participating athletes are six male and four female Olympic gold medalists. Fifty international referees will officiat