Other top stories in Paris included the hometown run of France's Althea Laurin in the women's heavyweight class and 18-year old American Kristina Teachout claiming women's welterweight bronze. Here's ...

Here's what you need to know about taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did taekwondo become an Olympic sport? Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the Seoul Games in 1988 and the Barcelona ...

PARIS — Panipak Wongpattanakit retired on a perfect note as she became the first Thai athlete in any sport to become a two-time Olympic champion on Wednesday. Wongpattanakit defended her Tokyo Games ...

The African country has an early reason to celebrate ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Taekwondo talent Tening ...

Ahmad Abughaush not only got that unprecedented hardware, he made it a gold one by triumphing in the men’s 68kg taekwondo event. Abughaush defeated Russia’s Alexey Denisenko in what was a taut affair ...

Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. "Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?" Jones, 31, said in a BBC ...

Tiger An's Taekwondo opens new studio in Peabody, offering Olympic-level training. Family-oriented, with a focus on ...

LONDON — Jade Jones, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo, is launching a career in boxing. Jones took gold for Britain in 2012 and 2016 and competed in four Games, most recently in Paris ...

Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov retained his men's Olympic taekwondo featherweight title on Thursday, Aug. 8, beating Jordan's Zaid Kareem to the gold medal. Rashitov defeated Kareem in two rounds, ...

South Korea’s Cha Dongmin wins taekwondo bronze in men’s heavyweight (+80kg) contests, beating Uzbekistan’s Dmitriy Shokin.