DearWorld Taekwondo Family, HappyNew Year and I wish all Taekwondoin around the world a safe andwonderful 2023! Thisyear, World Taekwondo will celebrate our Golden Jubilee! From our founding onMay 28, 1973, World Taekwondo and Taekwondo as a sport have become a globallyrecognised brand. Overthe past 50 years, World Taekwondo: · Hasgrown its membership base with 212 Member National Associations plus oneRefugee Team · Wasincluded in six consecutive Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020), with Paris 2024 and LA 2028 inthe horizons · Debutedin…
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Dec. 10, 2022) – World Taekwondo’s 2022 Gala Awards honored the sports’ top personalities this evening, with players and Para players from Italy, Thailand and Turkiye – two athletes – winning the top awards. The event was held at Riyadh’s Alkhozam Hall, after the conclusion of the Grand Prix Final earlier in the day. The Gala Awards offer athletes, coaches and officials the chance to transition out of sports gear and into dinner attire for a party that ends the fighting season with a touch of glitz. The evening kicked off with a troupe of local drumme
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Dec. 10, 2022) – The sport’s talent pipeline was in focus on Day 2 of the 2002 World Taekwondo Grand Prix final, as the matches pitted multiple veterans against hungry up-and-comers. Experience certainly has a premium - but was not a reliable indicator of victory in all eight (four men, four women) finals. After the smoke cleared in Riyadh’s Green Halls, golds were won by (in match order) Thailand, Italy, Turkiye, Korea, China, Cote d’Ivoire and Jordan. Jordan was the only nation to grab two golds at this championship. In addition to adding precious m
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Nov. 9, 2022) - 2002 is coming to an action-packed end as Taekwondo’s elite compete toe to toe, kick to kick, at the 2022 Riyadh World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final. The event is the first GP Final to be held since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the first time any GP event has been held in Saudi Arabia. Today, the preliminaries in all eight Olympic weight categories – four man, four women – were contested today in Riyadh’s Green Hall Stadium. Tomorrow, all medal contests take place. The battles lined up to deliver tomorrow’s golds, silvers, and valuable rank
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] GUADALAJARA Mexico (Nov. 20, 2022) – On its seventh and final day, the Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships gave out its last titles to Lena Stojkovic of Croatia and Vito Dell’Aquila of Italy. On Day 7 of this seven-day tournament, the M-58kg and the W-46kg world titles were contested in the Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano. W-46kg The final was a showdown between 2019 Worlds Bronze Medalist Rukiye Yildirim of Turkiye and current European Champion Lena Stojkovic of Croatia. Round 1 stared with a high work rate from both athletes, clean play, minimal clinchwork a
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Nov. 19, 2022) – The Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships crowned two new world champions today, from Serbia and Hungary. On Day 6 of this seven-day tournament, the W-73kg and the M-54kg world titles were up for grabs in Guadalajara’s Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano. But before the action got underway, a special ceremony was held on the field of play. It was “adios” from legendary Mexican fighter Maria “Fist of Fury” Espinoza. The triple Olympic medalist and former world champion received a special award to mark her retirement. W-73kg This…
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] GUADALAJARA Mexico (Nov. 18, 2022) – Day 5 of the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships saw gold medals slung around American and Chinese necks.The categories contested this evening at Guadalajara’s Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano tonight were the W-53kg and the M-63kg. Both fights went down to the final seconds. And the final seconds of the women’s fight - arguably the most dramatic of this championships so far – will be one that pundits will rewatching for years. W-53g The final pitted the feet of Makayla Greenwood of USA against those of Ju Zuo of China. Greenwood walked
[By NBC-1TV K Y Yi] GUADALAJARA Mexico (Nov. 17, 2022) – Day 4 of the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships today delivered gold to Spain, Uzbekistan and Mexico.After a packed day of action on five fields of play, the categories contested this evening at the Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano tonight were M-74g, W+73kg and M+87kg. Clearly, the host country is on a roll in Guadalajara. As of tonight, Mexico leads the field with three gold medals. W-74kg The final was a faceoff between Edival Pontes of Brazil and Daniel Quesada Barrera of Spain. Round 1 started with both men fighting cleanly with t