[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]China, Chinese Taipei and Iran grabbed one gold medal each on the second day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 30, 2014.China's Yun Fei Guo brushed aside a stiff challenge from Sweden's Elin Johansson, who ranked second on the WTF Olympic ranking, to win the women's -67kg final match 4-3 for the gold medal. Guo, who ranked 26th on the WTF Olympic ranking, also received a prize money of $5,000. In the female division, the bronze medal went to Russia's Anastasia Baryshnikova and Chinese Taipei's Yann-Yeu Chen.Chinese Taipei's
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ASTANA, Kazakhstan (August 29, 2014) --- Croatia, the United States and France took one gold medal each on the opening day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 29, 2014. Croatia's Lucija Zaninovic brushed aside a stiff challenge from Korea's Jaeah Kim to win the women's -49kg final match 1-0 for the gold medal. Zaninovic also won a prize money of $5,000. In the female division, Chinese Taipei's Lin Wan-Ting and Ukraine's Ganna Soroka had to settle for the bronze medal. The United States' Jacqueline Rose Galloway Sanchez defeate
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]France's M'bar N'Diaye (left) delivers a right-foot attack to the head of Great Britain's Mahama Abdoufatah Cho in the final match of the men's +80kg category on the first day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 29, 2014. In the final match, N'Diaye needed a fourth golden-point round against Cho to clinch the gold medal with a 3-2 score and a prize money of $5,000. In the male category, the bronze went to Belarus' Arman Marshall Silla and Uzbekistan's Jasur Baykuziyev.
[By NBC-1TV J. H Yook]The final match of the women's -49kg category is under way between Croatia's Lucija Zaninovic (in blue uniforms) and Korea's Jaeah Kim on the first day of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 29, 2014. Zaninovic brushed aside a stiff challenge from Kim to win the women's -49kg final match 1-0 for the gold medal. Zaninovic also won a prize money of $5,000. In the female division, Chinese Taipei's Lin Wan-Ting and Ukraine's Ganna Soroka had to settle for the bronze medal.
[By NBC-1TV J. H Yook]A Kazakh dancing troupe performs during the opening ceremony of the 2014 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 2 at the Sport Center Daulet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Aug. 29, 2014. The three-day event drew a total of 206 athletes from 50 countries.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) have signed a memorandum which will open up dialogue and increase collaboration between the two organizations for the benefit of the entire global sport.WTF President Chungwon Choue and ITF President Ung Chang signed the memorandum on Aug. 21, 2014 in a ceremony in Nanjing, China during the Youth Olympic Games. As part of the agreement, athletes currently registered to the WTF and ITF will be free to compete in one and the other’s competitions under the rules of each organization, creating n
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]NANJING, China (Aug. 15, 2014) -- The taekwondo competition at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games kicks off on Aug. 17, 2014 for a five-day run in Nanjing, China.The taekwondo matches will take place at the Hall D of the Nanjing International Expo Center, attracting a total of 100 young athletes from 59 countries. Twenty international referees, 10 males and 10 females, will officiate at the taekwondo competitions.Of the 100 athletes, born between Jan. 1, 1997 and Dec. 31, 1998, a total of 77 athletes, 39 males and 38 females, earned the tickets to the taekwondo competition thro
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Baku, Azerbaijan is ready for the 1st WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships.The inaugural cadet championships, which are for the youth aged between 12 and 14, are expected to draw 578 athletes and 286 officials from 63 countries. A total of 60 international referees will officiate at the event.The Baku championships, scheduled for July 24-27, 2014, will take place at the National Gymnastic Arena in Baku. The event will feature 10 male and 10 female weight categories: the men’s -33kg, -37kg, -41kg, -45kg, -49kg, -53kg, -57kg, -61kg, -65kg, and +65kg; the women’s -29kg, -
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The GSMA today announced that its Mobile for Development mHealth programme has launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership designed to provide a range of mHealth services to women and children, with a particular focus on nutrition, across Sub-Saharan Africa. Initial launch partners for the initiative include Gemalto, Hello Doctor, Lifesaver, Mobenzi, Mobilium, MTN, Omega Diagnostics and Samsung. This programme could have far-reaching impact; according to GSMA Intelligence, there is a total annual, addressable market of 15.5 million pregnant women and mothers with children
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GE Healthcare today announced the receipt of a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). This opinion recommends the granting of a marketing authorisation for VIZAMYL™ (Flutemetamol F18 injection), a radiopharmaceutical medicinal product indicated for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of beta amyloid neuritic plaque density in the brains of adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other causes of cognitive impairment. VIZAMYL™ is for diagnos