[By K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(July 29, 2018) - The final day of the thrilling WorldTaekwondo World Cup Team Championships in Wuxi, saw China, Korea and Russiaclaim gold in the women’s, men’s and mixed gender categories respectively. The home fans were treated to an allChinese final in the women’s team category as the two Chinese teams faced eachother following victories over Korea and Morocco in the semi-finals. It wasChina’s first team (China 1) who claimed a 24-18 victory in the final. Bothteams knew each other’s tactics very well, which meant the scores stayedrelatively low until the second rou
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(July 28, 2018) - A breath-taking second day at theWorld Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships set up a China vs Russia final inthe mixed gender category, whilst China’s first and second team, Morocco andKorea advanced to the semi-finals in the women’s category. Seven mixed gender teams from China, CoteD’Ivoire, Morocco, Turkey, Croatia, Korea and Russia faced off in an actionpacked second day. Only China and Russia were left in the running for gold, asthey beat opponents Morocco and Croatia in their respective semi-finals. Russiaconvincingly beat Croatia with
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China(July 27, 2018) - An exhilarating first day of action saw China’s first team (China 1)and Korea secure their places in the gold medal match of the men’s category of theWuxi 2018 World Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships. [By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] It was an action-packed first day thatfeatured nine world-class teams from China, Cote D’Ivoire, Iran, Japan,Kazakhstan, Korea, Morocco and Turkey. After four engrossing quarter finals, China1 faced Iran in the first of the semi-finals. The match was very close and bythe end of round three, Iran held a narrow 31-29 lead
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] WUXI, China (July26, 2018) - TheWorld Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships opened in spectacular fashiontoday with an Opening Ceremony which combined sport, music and local culture. The Opening Ceremony took place in the newstate-of-the-art World Taekwondo Wuxi Centre. World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choueopened proceedings by expressing his gratitude for the warm welcome thetaekwondo family had received in Wuxi and his certainty that the Championshipswould be a fantastic event Speaking after the Ceremony, President Chouesaid: “We are very excited to bring the Wor
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The very best taekwondo teams from around the world are gearing up to compete in the World Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships, which will showcase all the speed, drama and thrilling-action of team taekwondo. The three-day event will be held in Wuxi – the new home of taekwondo in China – from 27-29 July. It will feature the nine male teams, six female teams, and seven mixed gender teams from 10 countries. The winners of each category at the Abidjan 2017 World Cup Team Championships, (Iran in the male category and China in the female and mixed categories) will all be pr
[By NBC-1TV K, Y Yi] The2018 Jeju World Peace Walkathon was concluded in a resounding success on the"World Peace Island" of Jeju on July 17, 2018. Theinaugural charity walking event, which was held at the Jeju Seaside Art Centerin Jeju City, was jointly promoted by World Taekwondo and GCS International, aSeoul-headquartered, UN-recognized NGO. Underthe slogan "Peace is More Precious than Triumph," the walkathon drewhundreds of people, mostly athletes and officials attending the 2018 Jeju KoreaOpen International Taekwondo Championships, which kicks off on July 18 for aweek-long event. Thewal
[By NBC-1TV K, Y YI]ROME, Italy (June 3, 2018) - Rome’s debut Grand Prix drew to aclose today as Korea claimed its secondgold, whilst Russia claimed a third on a breath-taking final day of action. So-HuiKim of Korea claimed her third Grand Prix title in the women’s -49kg, whilstMaksim Khramtcov claimed his second in the men’s -80kg weight category. Bothfighters will have significantly increased their Olympic points tally in therun in to Tokyo 2020. W-49kg Pre-tournamentfavourite, Rio 2016 gold medal winner and Rabat 2017 Grand Prix champion, So-HuiKim of Korea and Talisca Reis of Brazil foug
[By NBC-1TV K. Y YI]ROME, Italy(June 2, 2018) - Russia claimed their second goldmedal, whilst Great Britain and Poland claimed their first on an exhilaratingsecond day of action in Rome, which threw up some shock results. Jade Jones of Great Britain claimed herseventh World Taekwondo Grand Prix by winning gold in the women’s -57kg, MikhailArtamonov of Russia added his second Grand Prix as he won gold in the men’s-58kg, whilst Aleksandra Kowalczuk of Poland won her first Grand Prix bywinning the women’s +67kg weight category. W-57kg The first final of the day sawpre-tournament favourite and R