[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] ROME, Italy (May31, 2018) - The World Taekwondo demonstration team officially declared openRome’s first ever World Taekwondo Grand-Prix today with another trulyfascinating routine at the beautiful Piazza di Spagna. The performance mirroredyesterday’s historic demonstration in front of His Holiness Pope Francis inVatican City. Hundreds ofonlookers were attracted to theinspired and well-practiced Openingceremony, which proved to be a fitting start to the first Grand Prix of 2018. The four-daycompetition kicks off on June 1 in the multi-purpose sports complex, ForoItalico a
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi]VATICAN CITY (May 30,2018) - World Taekwondo todayperformed an historic demonstration in Vatican City in the presence of HisHoliness Pope Francis, further reflecting the federation’s ongoing commitmentto sending out a message of peace through taekwondo. The demonstration took place in St Peter’sSquare in front of thousands of people gathered from all over the world for PopeFrancis’ General Audience. The World Taekwondo demonstration team performed apowerful and highly symbolic demonstration which ended with the team unfurlinga banner which read ‘peace is more precious than
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi]RHODES,Greece (28 April 2018) – The fourth andfinal day of the Rhodes 2018 World Taekwondo Beach Championships was concludedin total success on Saturday 28April in Rhodes island, Greece. The event brought a strong dose of vitamin sea and sun to the sport oftaekwondo. The majestic images of high jumps, technical breaking and technical skillswere combined with the blue of the sky, the summer and the festive mood of theisland. Today’sschedule included the Technical Breaking finals for all Divisions Final and theFree Style Dynamic Kicks & Breaking Challenge final, while it
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi]RHODES,Greece (27 April 2018) - The third competition day of the 2018 Rhodes WorldTaekwondo Championships was successfully concluded with the medal ceremony ofthe event in stunning sea foreground and the historic castle of Rhodes island. Thespectacular scenery of the event traveled throughout the world, as milestone ofthe day was the live streaming on the Olympic Channel for the categories ofRecognized Poomsae and Freestyle Poomsae finals including all divisions. Among thecountries that collected the highest number of gold medals were Denmark, Thailand, and Finland while th
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire(Dec. 4, 2017) - On the evening of Dec. 4, Team GB’s Bianca “Queen Bee” Walkdencrowned a perfect year by being named World Taekwondo’s Best Female Athlete ofthe Year at the federation’s fourth annual Gala Awards at Abidjan’s RadissonBlue Hotel. The normally eloquentBriton seemed overcome with emotion as she took to the podium. “I want to‘thank you’ to everyone, I am still shocked, I am so pleased,” she said. The glittering (and wellair-conditioned) gala dinner was light years away from where she had writtenhistory just two nights earlier. In the sapp
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire (Dec. 3, 2017) – Team Koreasuperkicker Dae-hoon Lee won a historic third consecutive Grand Prix Finaltitle in Abidjan – a feat never before achieved - while golds on the second andfinal day of the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals in Cote d’Ivoirian citywent to Great Britain, Russia, Korea and China. Once again, the heat in Abidjan’s Palais de Sports de Treichvilleproved grueling for the players, but there was much to fight for. Athletes werecompeting not only for Olympic ranking points, but also for prize money –USD6,000 for gold medalists, US
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]SEOUL, South Korea (Nov. 22, 2017) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees was today awarded an unusual honor: A high-level black belt in the combat sport of taekwondo. World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue awarded Filippo Grandi, who heads the UNHCR,8th degree honorary black belt rank at WT’s Seoul headquarters on Wednesday. In fact, the two organizations had much to discuss. World Taekwondo’s in-house World Taekwondo Cares program, or WTCP, and its Lausanne, Switzerland-based charity initiative, the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, or THF, are active helpers of re
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]LONDON, UK (October 21, 2017) - Jordan, Great Britain and Korea all won gold medals today on the opening day of the World Taekwondo Grand PrixSeries 3 in London, which attracted some of the world’s very best taekwondo athletes. Taking place in the London 2012 Olympic venue, The Copper Box, the crowd summoned memories of the famous Olympic Games with their loud and passionate support. Spectators were assisted by the ‘Power Bar’, which was introduced by World Taekwondo for the very first time as part of the federation’s commitment to enhancing fan engagement and making the sp
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]LONDON, UK (October 19, 2017)- The record-breaking 7th World Para Taekwondo Champions drew to a close today with nearly 200 elite Para Taekwondo athletes from around the world battling it out to become world champion. Russia finished top of the medal table with six gold medals, while Turkey finished second on four gold medals and Kazakhstan and Mongolia finished joint third with two gold medals. The remaining gold medals were shared equally between hosts Great Britain, Spain, Iran, Serbia, Ukraine, Denmark and Rwanda. Russia finished top of the male medal table for the four
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]MUJU, Korea (June 30, 2017) – Taekwondo’s largest ever World Championships ended today with host nation Korea in first place overall, followed by Turkey in second place, Serbia in third place and Russia and Great Britain rounding out the top five. In the female division, Korea came in first place, followed by Turkey, Serbia, USA and Great Britain. In the male division, Korea again came first, followed by Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Great Britain. The Female MVP Awardee was Ah-reum Lee of Korea; the Male MVP was Abdoul Issoufou of Niger. Team Korea’s Mun-hee Cheon and Se