Tag: Taekwondo
Accusations of sexual abuse in taekwondo in Ivory Coast: Mariama Cissé testifies
For a year, accusations of sexual abuse within an Ivorian taekwondo federation have plunged the country’s second sport into crisis. Mariama Cissé, one of the alleged victims, gives her testimony.…
Djelika Diallo: disability, track record… Who is the para taekwondo champion?
Djelika Diallo is a young nugget in French para taekwondo. Djelika Diallo is young, very young (19 years old), but is already a great champion of para taekwondo. The athlete…
2024 Olympics: results and analysis from Friday, August 9
Live from Club France, International Games Radio deciphers and comments on the daily news of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With Sarah Daninthe, Saliou Diouf and our special correspondents. On…
2024 Olympics: Tunisian Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi wins bronze in taekwondo
Favorite in his under 58kg category, taekwondo athlete Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, silver medalist in Tokyo, could only win the bronze medal this Wednesday, August 7. The Tunisian beat the Spaniard…
2024 Olympics: results and analysis from Wednesday, August 7
Live from Club France, International Games Radio deciphers and comments on the daily news of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With Sarah Daninthe, Saliou Diouf and our special correspondents. –…
In the head, on the side… How are hits scored in Taekwondo?
Taekwondo will be present at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. A combat sport of Korean origin, it has precise and very specific rules. Taekwondo will be present at…
Taekwondo fighter Omar Yaser Ismail fought ‘for Palestine’
Omar Yaser Ismail took part in the Olympic taekwondo tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, August 7, in the under 58 kilos category. The taekwondo athlete won his…
Top Cheick!
The only Olympic champion in the history of Côte d’Ivoire in the spotlight this Saturday on Mondial Sports! Martin Guez and Youenn Gourlay went to the Balearic Islands to meet…
Chadian Casimir Betel first in the world taekwondo rankings
Since July 1, Chadian Casimir Betel, 26, has become the world number one taekwondo player in the under 58kg category. He was unable to qualify for the Paris Olympics, but…
Casimir Betel, a Chadian world number 1 in taekwondo
Since July 1st, Chad has had a world number one athlete in his discipline! Casimir Betel, 26, currently sits at the top of the 58 kg hierarchy in taekwondo. Even…