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29 Mayıs 2012 Salı

South Korean Taekwondo Athletes Under Pressure

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 South Korea's taekwondo players are under huge pressure as they know the price of failure will be extreme.



The pressure is on for the South Korean taekwondo team. As the London Olympic games draw closer, the players know there is a lot on the line for them.

GENERAL MANAGER OF TAEKWONDO TEAM KIM SEI-HYEOK SAID: “Taekwondo is our national sport, it originated in Korea, so we are under pressure to get many gold medals. It’s natural for us to win gold medals, we’ll be treated as traitors if we don’t, that’s what our media says.”
After a disappointing Athens Games, where they won two gold medals, the team returned to Beijingto win golds in all of the four categories they were allowed to participate in.

Each country is only allowed to send representatives for maximum four out of the eight categories intaekwondo. The team is training everyday to keep in shape and is focusing on their strengths.

TAEKWONDO PLAYER HWANG KYUNG-SEON SAID: “I have better footwork than my rival competitors, so I have focused on practicing those skills a lot.”
TAEKWONDO PLAYER CHA DONG-MIN SAID: “To beat those tall players, I practiced my timing (of attacking) by moving a lot. My aim is to return with a gold medal round my neck, as is our people’s wish.” Taekwondo, loosely translated as “way of the fist and foot”, enjoyed a surge in popularity after it was exhibited as a demonstration sport at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The 2012 London Olympics taekwondo competition will be held at the ExCeL arena in London from August 8 to 11. 
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26 Mayıs 2012 Cumartesi

2012 WUC TaeKwonDo Poomsae

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POCHEON - The World University Taekwondo Championships in Pocheon (Korea) entered its second day of competition and also the final day of Poomsae. The Men’s Team 3 Competitors gold medal went to Korea, the silver medal went to Iran and the bronze medals went to Chinese Taipei and Indonesia. In the Women’s Team 3 Competitors, the gold medal was again won by the home nation of Korea, the silver medal went yet again to Iran and the bronze medals went to Chinese Taipei and Philippines.
Lastly for the Mixed Team Pair the gold medal went to Korea, the silver medal went to Chinese Taipei and the bronze medals went to Mexico and Germany.  The medal awarding ceremonies followed the Poomsae competition with the certainty that all athletes did their best in the Daejin University gym. Korea proved its continued dominance in Poomsae as it had previously won the men’s, women’s and mixed team gold medals in Vigo (Spain) in 2010.
The Kyorugi competition will start tomorrow with the women's -46kg and -57kg and Men's -54kg -68kg. 

Results Poomsae (May 25)

Men’s Individual: 1st JIN HO LEE (KOR), 2nd ALI NADALINAJAFABADI (IRI), and 3rd GABRIEL VIDAL MARVIN (PHI), CHU SHEUNG LU (TPE).
Woman’s Individual: 1st SU JI KANG (KOR), 2nd MAHSA MARDANI (IRI), and 3rd YING HSIAN LEE (TPE), OLLIN YOLISTLIN MEDINA LOPEZ (MEX).

Results Poomsae (May 26)

 Men’s Team 3 Competitors: 1st Korea, 2nd Iran, and 3rd Chinese Taipei, Indonesia.
Women’s Team 3 Competitors: 1st Korea, 2nd Iran, and 3rd Chinese Taipei, Philippines.
Mixed Team Pair: 1st Korea, 2nd Chinese Taipei, and 3rd Mexico, Germany.

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