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Tae Kwon Do News

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11 hrs ago | www.telegraph.co.uk | KickChick

Michael Harvey's taekwondo loss is Afghanistan's gain

Michael Harvey was kicking himself after bowing out of taekwondo's under-58kg category.

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Related Topix: Guillermo Perez, Sarah Stevenson, Zhong Chen, Summer Sports, Nadin Dawani, Rohullah Nikpai, Michael Harvey

11 hrs ago | afp.google.com | KickChick

Taekwondo kicks up storm of complaints

Taekwondo kicked up a storm of complaints against referees and judges at the Olympic Games on Wednesday as Canadian Ivett Gonda claimed she was robbed after losing her opening match.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Olympics, Summer Sports, Chago Rodriguez, Olympic Summer Games, Olympic Taekwondo, Wu Jingyu

11 hrs ago | www.sportsnetwork.com | KickChick

Perez, Wu wins Taekwondo Gold; Nikpai's medal a first for Afghanistan

Guillermo Perez of Mexico and China's Wu Jingyu won taekwondo gold medals on Wednesday at the Olympics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Guillermo Perez, Dalia Contreras Rivero, Summer Sports, Mildred Alango, Wu Jingyu

22 hrs ago | The Victoria Star

Tae kwon do master to break boards for United Way

Boards are still on sale for Friday's unique fundraiser in Moncton, which will feature a local tae kwon do master attempting to break 1,000 boards in 10 minutes.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts

Yesterday | International Herald Tribune

China advances to women's taekwondo final

BEIJING : China's world champion Wu Jingyu advanced to the final Wednesday in the women's under 49-kilogram taekwondo competition and Athens gold medalist Chu Mu-yen of Taiwan, favored in the men's 58-kilogram ...

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Manuela Bezzola, Dalia Contreras Rivero, Summer Sports, Charlotte Craig, Dickson Wamwiri, Wu Jingyu

Tue Aug 19, 2008

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Coach claims unfair judging in Gonda loss

Coach claims unfair judging in Gonda loss Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Canada's Ivett Gonda goes head-to-head with Hanna Zajc of Sweden.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Martial Arts

Bangkok Post

Chutchawal leads Thai medal hopes

BEIJING : Chutchawal Khaolaor looks to be Thailand's best bet in taekwondo while Chonnapas Premwaew and Buttree Puedpong face tough opponents in their opening bouts after the draw was made yesterday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Martial Arts, Buttree Puedpong, Summer Sports, Diana Lopez, Chonnapas Premwaew, Daynellis Montejo

Sat Aug 16, 2008

The Times-Tribune

Tae kwon do expert gets his kicks in

In his weekly feature, copy editor Ron Davis poses five questions to David M. Askinas, chief executive officer of USA Taekwondo, who is in Beijing with the American tae kwon do team for the Olympics.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

Sat Aug 09, 2008

Health News Digest

How the Color Red Affects a Referee's Judgment

Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Quebec tae kwon do champions ready for Olympic fights in Beijing

SebastiA©n Michaud and Karine Sergerie during the Manchester, England qualifications.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

Farragut Press

Tae Kwon Do success

Puya Rahmanian was awarded his first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do by Master Eun, left, of Eun's Martial Arts Center, Farragut, July 15.

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New York Sun

Tae Kwon Do May Steal Some of Beijing Spotlight

Few American sports fans know the names of Mark, Steven, and Diana Lopez, and even fewer know Nisar Ahmad Bahawe or Chen Zhong.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Summer Sports, Olympic Basketball

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Home - San Bernardino County Sun

Girl is tae kwon do champ

Inside a nondescript and hard-to-navigate business complex near Haven Avenue, there are fighting champions in the making.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Martial Arts, Summer Sports, Charlotte Craig

Austin American-Statesman

Hey, world, meet the Marshall Islands

Having inspired the international fashion world's name for bikini, the Marshall Islands will now join the international sporting world, competing for the first time in the Olympics.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Olympic Taekwondo, Summer Sports, Olympic Swimming, Olympic Basketball

Tue Aug 05, 2008

olympicsblog.dallasnews.com | KickChick

Taekwondo controversy: Lopez-Abdallah Olympic qualifying video

Houston's Nia Abdallah won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics. At the U.S. trials that year, Abdallah defeated Diana Lopez in overtime of the championship match to earn the spot in Athens.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Olympic Taekwondo, Summer Sports, Diana Lopez

Mon Aug 04, 2008

ABC News

First Family of Tae Kwon Do Goes For Gold

Politics has the Kennedys, music has the Osmonds, and the Olympics has the Lopezes.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Olympics, Summer Sports, Olympic Gymnastics, Olympic Summer Games, Diana Lopez, Mark Lopez

Sun Aug 03, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Buoyant athletes sense a turnaround

Canada's athletes came out of the Athens Olympic Games looking like Napoleon's bedraggled soldiers returning from Russia.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Olympic Summer Games

DNJ.com

Almaville FCE shown some tae kwon do moves

The Almaville FCE Club met July 2, at Lock's Memorial United Methodist Church. Vice president Pauline Arnold conducted the meeting in the absence of President Jean Wilson, who is recovering from broken ankles.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts

Thu Jul 31, 2008

Arizona Republic

Tae kwon do kids don black belts at 6, 7

Sounds of feet kicking and arms slicing through the air fill the practice room at Lee's Martial Arts Academy in Tempe.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts

Journal News

Black belts suit these sisters just fine

Sibling rivalry is normal, even expected. But throw in two sisters who are black belts in tae kwon do, and it has the potential to turn ugly.

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Related Topix: Martial Arts, Summer Sports, Olympic Basketball

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