Taekwondo News
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Nursing Injury, India's Aruna Tanwar Loses In Taekwondo Paralympics Round Of 16
Aruna was absolutely no match to her opponent from Turkey, losing 0-19 in the K44-47kg category.
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Tokyo Paralympics: Aruna Tanwar Set To Be India's First-Ever Taekwondo Entry
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.
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5-Year-Old Boy From Hyderabad Gets Guinness World Record In Taekwondo
Five-year-old Aashman Taneja credited his sister, who holds two Guinness World Records, as his inspiration and teacher.
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London 2012: South Korea's Hwang retains women's -67kg title
South Korea's Hwang Kyung-Seon retained her Olympic taekwondo women's under-67kg title on Friday at the ExCel Arena here.
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Olympics taekwondo: Rohullah Nikpai bags first medal for Afghanistan
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.
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McPherson beats British favourite at Olympics
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.
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Two-time champion loses 1st-round taekwondo fight
An Azerbaijani competitor has beaten two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez of the United States in the first round at the London Games.
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British controversy overshadows Games prep
An ugly selection controversy surrounding a British entrant into the Olympic Taekwondo competition has been dominating the news ahead of the London Games.
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Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist eyes an encore
Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist Rohullah Nikpai has vowed to bring more laurels for his country at the London Games beginning from Friday.
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Global body pledges fair fight
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.
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Martial arts for peace in Afghanistan
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.