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 ...

From Fighting Boys To Saudi Olympic History For Female Taekwondo Star By Haitham EL-TABEI June 25, 2024, 9:58 pm EDT Share ...

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

Master Caroline Wairimu Kihurani, who passed on in Nairobi last week, has been celebrated for the role she played as one of the most eminent pioneering female martial artists in Kenya. Wairimu made ...

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 ...

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 ...

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