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Rio Preview: Weight Category Analyses M-68kg: Star Wars

(June 17, 2016) – Anyone who watches taekwondo will know the players in this category: It features some of the top stars in the sport – and some of the most spectacular. This makes the male -68kg division truly the “star wars” of Olympic taekwondo....

Rio Preview: Weight Category Analyses F-57kg: The Great Rivalry

(May 30, 2016) – Jade Jones’ first name is a precious stone, but she won Great Britain precious metal when, on home turf in London 2012, she delivered Team GB its first ever Olympic gold medal in taekwondo. However, she is not a dead cert to repeat that feat in Rio...

Rio Preview: Weight Category Analyses M-58kg: Iranian 'Tsunami' is Man to Beat

(May 11, 2016) – The male -58kg category is the lightest of the men’s weight divisions. While fighters in heavier weight category tend to be crowd favorites in all combat sports, the men’s -58kg category features the fastest and whippiest male fighters in taekwond...

Rio Preview: Weight Category Analyses F-49kg: Can China’s Jingyu Wu Seize a Record 3rd Olympic Gold

April 28, 2016 – Bestriding the lightest of the female weight categories like a mini-colossus is Chinese sensation Jingyu “Superkicker” Wu. Arguably the most dominant player in taekwondo, male or female, Wu already has two Olympic gold medals under her black belt ...

More than 20 NOCs Will Wear National Team Colored Uniform Pants in the Rio Olympics

(July 22, 2016) – The World Taekwondo Federation is excited to represent new uniform pants designed to represent 20 National Olympic Committees(NOC) in the upcoming Rio Olympics. The WTF announced in March that the athletes competing in the Rio Olympics will wear color...