[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] AMMAN,Jordan (July 19,2019) - World Taekwondo,the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) and United World Wrestling (UWW)today hosted the first-ever joint Olympic-sport training event, named Aspire 2gether for Peace, in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan. The joint event is a tangible outcome of the landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between WT,THF and UWW on 22 October 2018 to promote humanitarian, peace and social-development supporting initiatives. The Aspire 2gether for Peace event, sees UWW unite with WT and THF to deliver wrestling training to refugees
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] SEOUL, Korea (June 29, 2019) -The DMZ(DemilitarizedZone)Peace Festivaltook place in Paju, Korea today with thousandsof taekwondo practitioners taking part to promote a message of world peace. The Festival is jointly promoted by GCS International, headed byDr. Chungwon Choue, who also serves as president of World Taekwondo,andthe Kukmin Daily, one of Korea’s influential nationwide newspapers. The inaugural event is organized by the DMZ Peace FestivalOrganizing Committee and Co. Act, a non-profit organization initially run byhigh school and college studentsin the United St
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] World Taekwondo(WT), the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF), International HockeyFederation (FIH) and The Hockey Foundation (THF) have signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) focused on the promotion of humanitarian and peace-buildinginitiatives. The MOU wassigned on 23 June 2019 by WT President and THF Chairman, Dr. Chungwon Choue,and FIH President Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra, and reinforces the co-operationbetween the four organisations. Under the MOU, the four organisations aim to commit ondeveloping close cooperation in the following areas: Promoting sport as a pow
[By NBC-1TV K, Y YI] ROMA,Italy (June 9, 2019) –The historic Roma 2019World Taekwondo Grand Prix drew to a close tonight with Russia going out on ahigh as they won both gold medals on offer. Elizaveta Ryadninskaya won the women’s-49kg and Maksim Khramtcov took gold in the men’s -80kg. On the final day of the inauguralPoomsae Grand Prix the freestyle mixed team over 17 medals went to the VietnamNational Team who won gold and silver went to the Italian National Team. Women -49kg Elizaveta Ryadninskaya and Jae-Young Simof Korea contested the first final of the night. In the first round the tw
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The second day of the Roma 2019 WorldTaekwondo Grand Prix delivered yet more upsets, last-second drama andbreath-taking matches but it was Korea who came out on top, winning all threegold medals on offer. Ah-Reum Lee won the women’s -57kg, Jun Jangwon the men’s -58kg and Da-Bin Lee won the women’s +67kg. The second day of the inaugural PoomsaeGrand Prix saw Korea, Mexico and Italy win the gold, silver and bronze medalsof the freestyle pair over 17, respectively. All three pairings deliveredexceptional performances which drew huge applause from the packed crowds at theFor
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] ROMA, Italy(June 8, 2019) - Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Zhaparov andMahama Cho of Great Britain were today presented with Sportsmanship Awards byWorld Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue. The awards were presented in recognition oftheir outstanding display of sportsmanship during their semi-final match at theRoma 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. The two fighters met in the +80kg categoryand it was Zhaparov who emerged victorious. However, the fight was just asmemorable for the events that took place following the final buzzer as thosethat took place before it. The Kazakh and Bri
[By NBC-1TV K, Y YI] The Rome 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix got underway in spectacularfashion today with Iran, Croatia and Russia sharing the gold medals. Mirhashem Hosseini of Iran won the men’s -68kg, Matea Jelic of Croatiawon the women’s -67kg and Vladislav Larin of Russia won the men’s +80kg. Theday’s competition was marked by athletic excellence as well as moments offriendship and respect between the fighters. History was also made as the first ever Poomsae Grand Prix was heldto showcase the non-combat discipline. Yu-Han Lin of Taipei won gold in thefreestyle individual male over 17
[NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] ROME, Italy(June 6, 2019) - World Taekwondo President ChungwonChoue today met with Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) PresidentGiovanni Malago at the CONI headquarters in Rome. During the meeting the two Presidentsdiscussed the development of taekwondo in Italy which has seen significantgrowth in recent years. President Malago spoke of the impact hosting the WorldTaekwondo Grand Prix in Rome last year has had on the sport in Italy ahead ofhosting the competition again this weekend. President Choue updated President Malagoon the successful World Taekwondo Demonstratio