Tag: Taekwondo
France probes online threats against Afghan taekwondo fighter
Afghan taekwondo athlete in the women’s -57kg category and an IOC Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holder Marzieh Hamidi, takes part in a training session at INSEP (National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance) a Olympic and Paralympic training centre in Paris on June 29, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) Paris prosecutors said Monday they were…
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Allain Ganapin enters taekwondo round of 16
Team Philippines’ Allain Ganapin competing in the Paris Paralympics 2024 taekwondo event. –PARALYMPICS YOUTUBW PARIS—Allain Ganapin hurdled the first obstacle in his quest for success on Saturday in the 17th Paralympic Games. Chasing the enemy and trailing by a point in the first round, Ganapin reversed the trend and saw his turning side kicks made…
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Asian Games: PH taekwondo eyes medal windfall like in Doha 2006
FILE–Jocel Ninobla. HANGZHOU, China—Should luck and the judges’ admiration come to their aid, poomsae aces Jocel Lyn Ninobla and King Patrick Perez might well be the first Filipinos on the medal stand of the 19th Asian Games. Both of them Southeast Asian Games champions early this year, Perez is No. 4 in the rankings of…
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Taekwondo puts first Asiad gold bid on Olympian Alora’s shoulders – rezal404
Kirstie Elaine Alora —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Kirstie Elaine Alora’s consecutive victories in a pair of highly competitive international meets seemed to augur well for Team Philippines in the forthcoming 19th Asian Games (Asiad). The Philippine taekwondo team has yet to show a gold medal in the Asiad and could finally pull off a breakthrough with…
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Taekwondo sparks late gold rush for Team Philippines; Bautista collects boxing gold – rezal404
Kurt Barbosa of the Philippines (right) battles his idol, Thailand’s Ramnarong Sawekwiharee inthe final. Barbosa won the gold. —AFP One fought against his idol. The other, for probably the last time. In high drama on the taekwondo floor in the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, Kurt Barbosa and Samuel Morrison spearheaded a four-gold haul by…
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