Aruna Tanwar has been awarded a wild card entry into the upocoming Tokyo Paralympic Games. She has become India's first-ever Taekwondo entry into the Games.
Taekwondoka Rohullah Nikpai came for a gold medal but a bronze was enough to fill his eyes with tears, as he won the first medal at the London Olympic Games for his country Afghanistan.
American taekwondo fighter Paige McPherson knocked out British world champion Sarah Stevenson in the first round of the women's 67-kilogram division at the London Olympics.
An ugly selection controversy surrounding a British entrant into the Olympic Taekwondo competition has been dominating the news ahead of the London Games.
Taekwondo's world body called Monday for a fair and enjoyable competition at the London Games to help the Korean martial art stay in the Olympics following judging controversies which have hit the sport.
The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London -- in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.