First World Taekwondo-FISU University Sports and Peace Forum held 05/02/21
The first World Taekwondo-FISU University Sports and Peace Forum was held virtually on 30 April as both organisations came together to promote the role of sport in acting as a vehicle for world peace and harmony.
The Forum aimed to seek positive solutions and develop proactive suggestions to improve current difficulties through sport bringing people together. The Forum comprised subthemes of Humanity, Social Justice and Gender Equality and saw World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue deliver a keynote speech alongside FISU Acting President Leonz Eder.
Following the keynote speeches, delegates received three main speeches from UNHCR refugee sport Coordinator and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) board member Claude Marshall; FISU Executive Board member Delise O’Meally; and FISU Executive Board member and Gender Equality Committee Chair Rosaura Mendez Gamboa.
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Choue claims World Taekwondo stronger than ever despite challenging 2020 Friday, 1 January 2021
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has claimed the governing body heads into 2021 stronger than ever before after negotiating the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Choue said World Taekwondo can enter the new year, set to include the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with a renewed sense of optimism and hope for the future .
Writing in his New Year s message, the South Korean official also reflected on 2020, which he described as a very challenging year for all of us . But because of the work we all did together we are well placed to emerge stronger than before; and that is precisely what we will do, he added.