The Great Britain team are en route to Sarajevo for the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships.

The team set off from Heathrow at 6am this morning for the event taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The team’s uniforms are supplied by Range Sports and Jcalicu – the Official Uniform Sponsors of British Taekwondo’s National Teams.

The partnership kicked off with Jcalicu uniforms being supplied to the Great Britain National Teams at the World Taekwondo Cadet World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in August 2022. All British Taekwondo instructors can apply for a trade account with Range Sports from their official website.

The GB team at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sarajevo.

The six athletes selected to represent Great Britain are Fabio Carvalho, Zar Torley, Shaan Jhita, William Burleigh, Skye Taylor and Emily Mills.

About the 2023 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships.

The world’s best and brightest young Taekwondo athletes are preparing for the return of the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sarajevo from the 28th to the 31st August.

A total of 620 athletes from 73 countries, a Refugee Team and an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) are registered to compete at the Championships which marks the first time Bosnia and Herzegovina has hosted a World Taekwondo Championships.

New weight divisions will be implemented for the first time at the Championships in order to further protect the safety of the young athletes.

Sarajevo 2023 will be the sixth World Taekwondo Cadet Championships following Sofia 2022 and Tashkent 2019.

Read more on the World Taekwondo website.