Taekwondo
Recent Highlights
All Stories for Taekwondo
Seven female Afghan taekwondo athletes resettle in Australia
•One of the athletes, Fatima Ahmadi, was quoted as saying that she was grateful for the assistance of all parties who supported their evacuation.
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Taekwondo player Aruna Tanwar withdraws from repechage round due to suspected fracture
•Aruna was scheduled to feature in the repechage round later in the evening after she lost to fourth-seeded Espinoza Carranza of Peru in the quarters.
Wrecking Ball: Return of the Taliban threatens organised sport, female athletes in Afghanistan
Fpsports •With Taliban back in control in Afghanistan, it poses a grave danger to organised sport, especially female athletes.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Iranian refugee beats two-time Olympic taekwondo gold medallist
•She beat Iranian opponent Nahid Kiyani Chandeh 18-9 in her opening bout before her massive upset of Jones, who was attempting to become the first British woman to win gold in three consecutive Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chilean taekwondo player out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan
•Aguirre travelled to Tokyo from Uzbekistan with negative COVID report but tested positive in both the antigen and PCR tests conducted at the airport here, following which she was quarantined at a designated facility.
Sports Authority of India urges Indian Olympic Association to reform selection committee for taekwondo
•The IOA had formed the committee last month to select athletes for international events since the Taekwondo Federation of India is not a recognised National Sporting Federation (NSF).
India Taekwondo to hold online Speed Kicking Championship in February
Fpsports •The tournament will be virtually held looking at the COVID-19 situation taking all the practicalities and logistics online.
India Taekwondo sets up referee and athlete commissions
•The athlete commission will look after the "best interests of the athletes and respond to any and every query that they might have".
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Runaway Iranian taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh wants to represent Germany at Games
•Iran’s only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo, but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition, she never expects to return to her home country.
Iran's only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh says she has defected to Europe
•Iran’s only female Olympic medallist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool.