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Olympic Taekwondo Day 2: Olympic History Written Twice; Golds Won by Great Britain and Jordan

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Aug. 18, 2016) – Day 2 of the Olympic taekwondo competition at the Carioca 3 Arena in Rio’s Barra Olympic Park saw two of the most anticipated weight categories contested, with Great Britain and Jordan seizing gold. And sportive history was writt...

Jordanian History-maker is Alumni of 'Booyoung Taekwondo Dream Program'

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (August 18, 2016) – Ahmad Abughaush – who will make history tonight when he fights in the finals of the men -68kg category, by delivering to his home nation of Jordan its first Olympic medal, in any discipline, ever – attended the B...

Olympic Taekwondo Day 1: Golds Won by South Korea and China but Stars Fall on Day of Shock Upsets

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Aug. 17, 2016) – On the first day of the Olympic taekwondo competition, gold medals went to South Korea and China, silvers to Serbia and Thailand, and bronzes to Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Thailand and Korea. In the women -49kg category, Sohui...

IOC President Joins WTF President for Taekwondo Finals on First Day of Olympic Competition

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (August 17, 2016) – IOC President Thomas Bach joined World Taekwodno Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue on Wednesday night at the Carioca Arena 3 on the Rio 2016 Barra Olympic Park to watch the gold medal and bronze medal matches of the m...

Brazilian-Korean Helps Children, Showcases Beauty of Taekwondo at Rio ‘Festival of Fight’

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Aug 17, 2016) – When she signed up to be a goodwill ambassador for the WTF last year, she did not expect to be performing at the Olympics in front of the world’s taekwondo elite – but what is what happened to beauty queen Catharina Choi on ...