Top class taekwondo action is set to return to Manchester later this year with the staging of the BTCB (British Taekwondo Control Board) National Championships, which will be held from 15-16th December. Download full PDF press release
The World Taekwondo Federation have confirmed that the recent qualification (28th-30th September) event for the Beijing Olympic Games in Manchester was the first ever international taekwondo tournament to be staged without a protest being lodged by a competing nation. For the first time in the WTF’s history all matches over the three days, which featured…
By ETU The 2007 WTF World Taekwondo Qualification Event for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games took place in Manchester at the M.E.N. Arena from September 28th to 30th. There the first athletes fought for their ticket to Beijing to compete at the Olympic Games next year. The following athletes have been successful Male -58kg:…
Sixteen year-old British taekwondo star, Aaron Cook suffered heartbreak this afternoon when falling just one match short of gaining qualification for the Beijing Olympics next summer, after losing out in a thrilling quarter final to Italy’s Mauro Sarmiento at Manchester’s MEN Arena. Cook and Sarmiento were tied at 3-3 in the final round of their…
Elite Academy High-Performance coach, Paul Green, is a two-time European Champion and represented Great Britain at the Athens Olympics Games in 2004. Having taken up his coaching role earlier this year, Green is able to draw on his vast experience to advise Britain’s current crop of top athletes in their pursuit of Olympic glory. He…
Download PDF: Daily Express – Cook gold may be a kick in the teeth
The Great Britain Taekwondo Team today returned from Beijing after having competed in the 2007 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in the Chinese capital. The five day event, which finished yesterday, provided the young team with vital experience as they look forward to the Olympic Qualification Event in Manchester later this year. While the Team, which…