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Olympic Taekwondo Competitor Alexandros Nikolaidis dies at 42
Original Article Here: "Greece's two-time Olympic silver medallist and flagbearer at London 2012 had been battling with a rare form of cancer in the last two years. wo-time Olympic taekwondo silver medallist Alexandros Nikolaidis has died at the age of 42. Nikolaidis passed away on Thursday (13 October) following... 17Aug
Irish Olympian will need facial surgery following on the street assault
Irelands first Taekwondo Olympian Jack Woolley will need facial surgery after a brutal assault in Dublin City over the weekend. The athlete spoke about the incident on his instagram account to his followers stating that he was given some facial stitching temporarily and was awaiting plastic... 08Jul
Tokyo Olympics Will Take Place Under State of Emergency With No Spectators Watching
In the latest update regarding the summer olympic games, the Japanese authority has recently announced that the Tokyo 2021 olympic games will go ahead under a state of emergency, and without any people watching the event at the capital city. The emergency will begin July 12... 02Feb
World Taekwondo Extraordinary Council looks ahead to return of taekwondo events in 2021
02/01/21 The World Taekwondo Council met virtually today for its first Extraordinary Council meeting of 2021, with a particular emphasis placed on the safe return of taekwondo events this year. This year is scheduled to see the return of the two biggest events in the taekwondo calendar... 28Apr
100,000 Masks Will Go To IOC
The president of the World Taekwondo Federation proposed on Wednesday to transfer 100,000 disposable surgical masks to the International Olympic committee (IOC). The masks were originally donated to the World Taekwondo Federation by Wuxi Sports Bureau and Jiangsu Wuxi Economic Development Zone, according to Chungwon Choue,... 15Apr
WT Announces Changes to Events Calendar
The IOC, IPC, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan announced on 30 March that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place on 23 July – 8 August 2021 and the Paralympic Games will follow on 24 August –... 07Apr
Caroline Maher; From Egyptian Taekwondo Champ to a Member of Parliament
Caroline Maher, 34 and based in Cairo, is a former professional taekwondo artist and current member of the Egyptian Parliament. She is a member of the 2015 class of the U.S. Department of State and espnW's Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP). Over the... 03Apr
WADA Reinstates International Taekwondo Federation
The International Taekwondo Federation ( ITF ) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA )'s non-compliant list. The International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)'s non-compliant list,... 11Feb