[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (Oct 7, 2022) - World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue today announced Jeongkang Seo as World Taekwondo Secretary General. Seo has been serving as Acting Secretary General and Director General since October 2021. Seo has extensive knowledge having previously worked as head of the World Taekwondo Sport Department, as the President’s Chief of Staff and as Senior Director of Member Relations and Development. Away from Taekwondo, Seo’s ability as an international sports expert has been recognised as he has served as a member of ASOIF Sustainability, Development a
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (Oct 5, 2022) - World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue today held an in-person meeting with the Continental Union Presidents at the World Taekwondo office in Seoul to discuss important matters and align plans for 2023 and beyond. The meeting was attended by Asian Taekwondo Union President Kyu Seok Lee and Secretary General Jung Heon Kim; Oceania Taekwondo President John Kotsifas, and Secretary General Stuart Lee who joined via video conference; African Taekwondo Union President Issaka Ide and Secretary General Balla Dieye; and Pan American Taekwondo Union Pre
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] Manchester, Great Britain will host the most competitive Para Taekwondo event since Tokyo 2020 when over 100 of the world’s best athletes meet at the third leg of the inaugural Para Grand Prix. Over 100 of the world’s best Para Taekwondo athletes. 19current or former world champions. Four reigning Paralympic champions. When World Taekwondo launched its inaugural Para GrandPrix Series – this is what it had in mind. The last leg of the inaugural Para Grand Prix Serieswill take place in Manchester, Great Britain on 20 October and will draw the mostcompetitive field since the T
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) athlete Yahya Basam Al-Ghoutani has been awarded a Refugee Athlete Scholarship by the IOC to help him train towards the goal of being selected for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Paris 2024. Al-Ghoutani met with IOC President and chair of the Olympic Refuge Foundation, Thomas Bach, alongside fellow Taekwondo refugee athlete Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj during President Bach’s visit to Jordan this week. They met at the JOC’s Olympic Preparation Centre which President Bach was visiting to meet with Jordanian athletes. Al-Ghoutani becomes the eigh
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] Turkiye won 7 medals, including 3 gold, and top seeds faltered – proving just how competitive Para Taekwondo’s newest prestige event has become. The Para Grand Prix in Paris confirmed one thing – Para Taekwondo is as competitive as ever. It also showed that nations have some work to do to catch up to Para Taekwondo powerhouse Turkiye. Turkiye won seven medals from 10 events at Para Taekwondo’s biggest stage, including three gold from four finalists. The team was beaming with pride at the post-event awards ceremony. “We trained all summer”, a Turkiye coach told World Taekwo
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] PARIS, France (Sep 4, 2022) – The historic Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix came to a close today with Korea and Cuba taking the final golds on offer in the women’s +67kg and men’s +80kg weight categories. In addition, silver medals went to France’s Althea Laurin and Croatia’s Ivan Sapina, while bronze medals were shared between Brazil, Türkiye, Côte d'Ivoire and Spain. Before the finals got underway, World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue who delivered a short message to mark ‘Taekwondo Day’. “Today’s a special day as we are celebrating ‘Taekwondo Day’ around the w
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] PARIS, France (Sep 3, 2022) – Day two of the Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix once again had spectacular Taekwondo action in store with Côte d'Ivoire, Spain and Italy claiming gold. Cote D’Ivoire’s Ruth Gbagbi won gold in the women’s -67kg, Javier Perez Polo took gold in the men’s -68kg and Italy’s Simone Alessio clinched the final gold medal of the day in the men’s -80kg. Silver medals were shared between Korea, Jordan and Norway, while the bronze medals were split between Mexico, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Tunisia and the USA. Women -67kg In the women’s -67kg, K
[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