Bianca Walkden became a record breaking three-time world champion in Manchester tonight (Friday). The Liverpudlian heavyweight and world number one defeated Shuyin Zheng, the world number two, after her Chinese rival was disqualified in the +73kg final. ‘Queen B’ trailed 20-10 going into the closing minute but was awarded her latest crown when Zheng collected a 10th and final penalty …
Bianca Walkden and Bradly Sinden will go for gold on day three of taekwondo’s World Championships (May 17) after superb semi-final victories at Manchester Arena tonight. Double champion Walkden is one fight away from achieving legendary status after reaching a third successive +73kg final. Yorkshireman Sinden is six minutes from becoming GB Taekwondo’s first ever male able-bodied taekwondo world gold …
Testing day for young Brits at World Championships but future looks bright Rebecca McGowan’s taekwondo senior World Championship debut didn’t end with a medal in Manchester today (Wednesday) but with plenty of optimism for the future. The 18-year-old from Dumbarton was one of three Scots in action on the opening day of the first taekwondo worlds ever staged in the …
Korea medal opportunities after day one of the Manchester World Championships South Korea’s dominance at taekwondo’s World Championships shows no sign of weakening after day one of the 2019 edition at the Manchester Arena. In each of the three weight divisions the Koreans provided a fighter for tomorrow night’s finals: Jae-young Sim (-46kg), Jun Jang (-58kg) and Da-bin Lee (-73kg) …
Manchester will be the host city in 2023 when the UK stages the World Taekwondo Grand Prix finals for the first time. The sport’s world governing body confirmed the news and the award of a Grand Prix round in 2021 at the World Taekwondo Council meeting on Monday. The decisions have been greeted with pride and enthusiasm by GB Taekwondo …
Four teenagers are among five GB Taekwondo fighters chosen to make their senior World Championship debuts alongside big hitters, Bianca Walkden, Jade Jones and Mahama Cho in Manchester next month. Three of the quartet, Aaliyah Powell (Huddersfield), Jordyn Smith (Falkirk) and Rebecca McGowan (Dumbarton), have succeeded previously at world age group level and won’t be overawed by the task ahead …
TAEKWONDO-Sinden savours World Championship boost Sinden’s new success bodes well for World Championship bid Bradly Sinden underlined his credentials as a World Championship contender with victory at the President’s Cup event in Agadir, Morocco. GB Taekwondo teammates, Damon Sansum and Christian McNeish, also produced confidence boosting medal-winning performances before the planet’s best fighters arrive in Manchester next month (May 15-19). Yorkshireman Sinden won’t …
by Kristy Hitchens of The Mortal Mouse, Australia Pink Belt Scholarship update!!!!! Original Story This is the story that launched the Pink Belt Scholarship. Last year Anaya was forced to quit Taekwondo because she could no longer afford the fees after escaping a violent marriage and living on her own. Her spirit crushed, she felt utterly worthless and close to …
Olympic champion Jade serves up silver on return to action as Sinden, Cho claim Belgian gold Jade Jones marked her competitive comeback with a silver medal at the Belgium Open but GB Taekwondo golden boys, Bradly Sinden and Mahama Cho, proved title winners in Lommel. Another successful tournament for the Manchester trained squad, less than two months before the World …
Double Olympic champion Jade back in action ahead of World Championships Jade Jones makes her first competitive appearance of 2019 as part of a strong GB Taekwondo squad fighting at the Belgium Open in Lommel on Saturday. (March 16) The double Olympic champion has never previously competed in the competition despite a success filled senior career stretching back to 2011. …