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2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be going to Beijing this year in what promises to be a spectacular event in terms of the Organisation as well as the sporting competition.

Sport Taekwondo UK qualified three out of a maximum of four available spaces at the games over the past 11 months and have submitted a team consisting of both youth and experience.

The opening ceremony takes place on August 8th 2008 (08.08.08) and the taekwondo competition takes place between the 20th – 23rd of August at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

You should find everything you need over these few pages to keep you inform of when the matches will be shown and what the results are.

Guide to taekwondo

To get a brief understanding of the sport of taekwondo, the competition format and rules visit the 'About Taekwondo' section of this website.

BBC Television Taekwondo Schedule

Wednesday 20th August – Michael Harvey –58kgs.

0200-0556:
Women's -49kg & men's -58kg preliminaries
0800-1326:
Women's -49kg & men's -58kg quarter-finals, semi-finals, repechage and medal matches

Thursday 21st August

0200-0556:
Women's -57kg & men's -68kg preliminaries
0800-1326:
Women's -57kg & men's -68kg quarter-finals, semi-finals, repechage and medal matches

Friday 22nd August – Aaron Cook –80kgs

0200-0600:
Women's -67kg preliminaries, men's -80kg preliminaries
0800-1400:
Women's -67kg quarter-final, semi-final and medal bouts, men's -80kg quarter-final, semi-final and medal bouts

Saturday 23rd August – Sarah Stevenson +67kgs

0200-0600:
Women's +67kg preliminaries, men's +80kg preliminaries
0800-1400:
Women's +67kg quarter-final, semi-final and medal bouts, men's +80kg quarter-final, semi-final and medal bouts

Contacts

Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd
Manchester Tennis Centre
Sportcity Way
Gate 2 - Alan Turing Way
Sportcity
Manchester M11 3FF
T: + 44 (0) 161 2203845
F: + 44 (0) 161 2203847

Media Enquiries

For press inquiries regarding British Taekwondo and the GB Taekwondo Team, please contact;
Daniel Krendel
Capitalize Ltd,
52 Thrale Street
London SE1 9HW
T: + 44 (0) 20 7940 1733 / + 44 (0) 20 7940 1700
M: + 44 (0) 7815 805 633
E: dkrendel@capitalize.co.uk

Team GB Athletes

Sarah StevensonSarah Stevenson

DOB
30/03/1983
From
Doncaster
Age
25
Weight Class
+68kgs

Sarah is one of the most exciting members of the Great Britain squad and has an impressive record for someone so young. Stevenson started her career by becoming Junior World Champion in 1998, followed by winning the Senior World Championship three years later in 2001. Sarah also has three European Championship gold medals won in 1999, 2004 and 2005 as well as a silver medal at the World Championships, which took place in Madrid in 2005.

Aaron CookAaron Cook

DOB
02/01/1991
From
Dorset
Age
17
Weight Class
-80kgs

Cook is arguably the most promising youngster in the world and recently won the title of World Junior Champions to add to his bronze in 2005. Cook is also Junior European Champions and won his first senior gold medal at the 2007 Germany Open at the age of sixteen, a hugely impressive achievement for someone so young.

Michael HarveyMichael Harvey

DOB
21/09/1989
From
Cheshire
Age
18
Weight Class
-58kgs

Harvey has also recently made the switch from Junior to Senior but has an impressive record at Junior level which suggests an exciting future for the youngster. Harvey claimed a Junior European Championships bronze medal in 2005 and then took two silver medals in 2006 at the Junior Dutch and US Open’s.

 
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