Athletes will compete in 40 combat categories and 16 performance categories for two age groups, from 13-16 years old and from 17 years old.
400 Taekwondo Athletes Competing in Vietnam

Athletes will compete in 40 combat categories and 16 performance categories for two age groups, from 13-16 years old and from 17 years old.
Athletes will compete in 40 combat categories and 16 performance categories for two age groups, from 13-16 years old and from 17 years old.
Korea won seven gold medals and four silver medals for the overall title at the 8th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, which concluded in Bali, Indonesia on 3 November, 2013. In the overall medal tally, Vietnam clinched three golds, three silvers and five bronzes for the second place, followed by the Philippines with three golds, two silvers and one bronze.
Also three silver and five bronze medals were won by other Vietnamese athletes in the -29 kg. men’s individual, men’s team and women’s team categories and the -39 kg. men’s team, women’s individual and men’s individual categories.
Also three silver and five bronze medals were won by other Vietnamese athletes in the -29 kg. men’s individual, men’s team and women’s team categories and the -39 kg. men’s team, women’s individual and men’s individual categories.
Also three silver and five bronze medals were won by other Vietnamese athletes in the -29 kg. men’s individual, men’s team and women’s team categories and the -39 kg. men’s team, women’s individual and men’s individual categories.
This event brought athletes from 18 countries, it is certainly the first of its kind held in Thailand.
After the departure of Jose Luis Onofre, the Spanish Rosendo Alonso and his Turkish wife, Gulsah Kuscu, will be the new reinforcements to the Technical Mexican Taekwondo Federation for the next Olympic cycle.
Korea, Iran, and USA top medal winners of Championships.
Germany stole the show with a stunning performance in the Male under 29 Team finals putting them on top of their rivals for a gold medal that sent their fans and team mates in to wild cheers of jubilation.