PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - South Korea's Kim Yu-jin won the Olympic gold medal in the women's taekwondo featherweight (under 57kg) division, swiftly beating Iran's Nahid Kiyanichandeh in a show of ...

Panipak Wongpattanakit made history at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, Aug. 7, becoming the first person from Thailand to win two gold medals when she defended her 2020 Olympic title in the taekwondo ...

Other top stories in Paris included the hometown run of France's Althea Laurin in the women's heavyweight class and 18-year ...

Aug 17 (Gracenote) - Olympic taekwondo women's flyweight -49kg last 16 results in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Lucija Zaninovic (Croatia) beat Ainur Yesbergenova (Kazakhstan) 18-7 Yasmina Aziez ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's taekwondo athlete Dunya Abutaleb failed to win a medal at the Paris Games on Wednesday but broke new ground for women in her country as she just missed out on ...

Aug 20 (Gracenote) - Olympic taekwondo women's heavyweight +67kg repechage round results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Gwladys Epangue (France) beat Nisha Rawal (Nepal) 4-3 Wiam Dislam (Morocco) beat ...

A taekwondo instructor who is leading free self-defence classes for women and girls has said the sessions are "really important" for making participants "feel more empowered". Sarah Wilson, from ...