[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] TOKYO, JAPAN (29 Nov, 2018) – Saudi Arabia is set to host the firstever Islamic Women’s Taekwondo International Open Championships in the Kingdomnext year. The event was confirmed when WT President Chungwon Choue met H.E.Prince Fahad Bin Jalawi Alsaud, the international relations director of theSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee on 28 November, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan during theANOC General Assembly. H.E. Prince Fahad recognized that taekwondo is one of the fairestsports on earth, and that it is getting increasingly popular in Saudi Arabia.Choue endorsed the event. “Taekwondo
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov. 25, 2018) – Defending champions China comfortably retained the women’s team title while defending champions Iran won the men’s team title by a razor-thin margin in the final seconds, and last-year’s runner-up, Russia, seized the mixed gender title at Fujairah’s Zayed Sports Complex on Sunday. There were thrills and spills aplenty on the 2018 World Taekwondo Team Championship second and final day. Team play is faster and more furious than the individual game, making it taekwondo’s most crowd-friendly format. Men’s and women’s teams feature five players,
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov. 24, 2018) – Full-on action was the name of the game today as the 2018 World Taekwondo Team Championships kicked off at Fujairah’s Zayed Sports Complex. Team Championships are taekwondo’s most spectator-friendly format, featuring all-out attack, lightning fast player substitutions and intense action. As a general rule, team competitions ignite crowds who are left cold by the more tactical and more slower-paced individual game. The preliminaries of the men’s and women’s teams were fought today: the semi-finals and finals will be held tomorrow. In the men’
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov 23, 2018) –Turkey’s Irem Yaman was named Female Player of the Year and Korea’s Dae-hoon Lee was named Male Player of the Year as World Taekwondo honored its top players and personalities at the 5th Annual Gala Awards Show, which took place in ritzy surroundings at the Fujairah National Theater. “Tonight is not about competition, it is about recognition…it is also about friendship across all boundaries of color, religion and culture,” said WT President Chungwon Choue. “Regardless of who wins the awards, everyone here is part of the global taekwondo elite,
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov. 23) – Team Korea stamped its dominance on the game, seizing four out of the eight gold medals up for grabs at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand-Prix Final; the remaining golds went to Turkey, China, Norway and Russia at Fujairah’s Zayed Sports Complex. With 2018 being the penultimate fighting season before the 2020 Olympics, many Fujairah medalists look likely to grace the winners’ podium in Tokyo. Womens -49kg The final pitted So-hui-Kim of Korea against Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand: Two very well-matched fighters. Round 1 ended with Kim one point u
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov. 22, 2018) - The preliminaries and quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand-Prix Final, and the opening ceremony for the event, took place today in the Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah, UAE. The complex, set against a backdrop of mountains, proved a superb venue for both opening ceremony and sport. Among the VIPs in attendance in the evening was Fujairah Crown Prince Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi. The opening ceremony started with a sound and light show playing over a massive LED screen that showcased both Fujairah, “T
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov, 21, 2018) – World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue presented Fujairah Crown Prince Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi with an 8th dan taekwondo black belt certificate on a ceremonial plaque at the Rumailah Palace in Fujairah, today. The presentation took place at the Rumailah Palace, on the eve of WT’s end-of-season events, which are all taking place in Fujairah: The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand-Prix Final, the 2018 World Taekwondo Team Championships as well as the 5th Annual Gala Awards. “Fujairah is doing a wonderful job,” Choue said at the cer
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH, UAE (Nov. 21, 2018) – Wuxi, China, was chosen as the host of 2021 World Taekwondo Championships and the World Para Taekwondo Championships at World Taekwondo Extraordinary Council Meeting, held at the Novotel Fujairah. The meeting started with a moment of silence for late WT Vice President and IOC Member Dr. Nat Indrapana, who passed away this year. WT President Chungwon Choue then thanked the host city, Fujairah, for its support, and mentioned that 2018 is the 45th anniversary of WT. A short video of the last 45 years was then shown. WT officials and the WT Dem
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] FUJAIRAH,UAE (Nov. 19, 2018) - World Taekwondo is ending its competition season with a bang, as the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final, the World Taekwondo Team Championships and 2018 World Taekwondo Gala Awards all take place, back-to-back, in Fujairah, UAE from Nov. 22-25. It will be the first time any of the events – a Grand Prix Final, a Team Championships, a Gala Awards night – have been held in the Middle East. The 2016 events took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, while last year’s events were hosted by Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. With 2020 Tokyo looming ever closer, valuable
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] TAIPEI CITY, Chinese Taipei (18 Nov. 2018) – The record-breaking Taipei 2018 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships ended today with Portugal, Iran, Chinese Taipei and Korea winning gold medals on the final day. Chinese Taipei won their third gold of the championships and 23rd medal in total with a win in the freestyle mixed team over 17. Eduarda Ferraz won a rare gold for Portugal in the individual female over 65 while Cecilia Lee won Mexico’s third gold in the freestyle individual female under 17 to give her nation a third-place finish in the overall standings. Ali Salman