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IFI signs up to United Nations Sports for Climate Action initiative Wednesday, 3 March 2021
The International Federation Icestocksport (IFI) has become a signatory of the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework.
The initiative calls on sporting organisations to acknowledge the contribution of the sports sector to climate change. IFI as International Federation is directly affected by the climate change as a winter sport often played on frozen lakes in classic Alp countries or North American territories, and the climate change negatively impacts the conditions of the ice here, IFI President Christian Lindner said.
After becoming a signatory, the IFI has committed to following the five principles of the framework.
World Taekwondo to stage second Gender Equity and Leadership Forum
World Taekwondo has confirmed it will hold its second Gender Equity and Leadership Forum next week.
The event, scheduled for March 6 and 7, will take place remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A host of athletes have featured in a promotional video for the forum, including World Championships bronze medallist Nikita Glasnović of Croatia.
The forum is set to build on the inaugural event, hosted by the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) and World Taekwondo in November.
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach were among the speakers at the first edition of the forum.
IOC Refugee Athlete Sediqi seeking Tokyo 2020 taekwondo goal Saturday, 27 February 2021
Abdullah Sediqi, holder of an International Olympic Committee Refugee Athlete Scholarship, has spoken of his ambition to reach the Tokyo 2020 taekwondo competition this year.
Now training in Belgium, the 24-year-old from Afghanistan has practised taekwondo since he was eight.
He told the
Olympic Channel how he fled to Europe four years ago from his war-torn country after gangs had made threats against him because of his sporting ability. It was a gruelling mission, there were days I walked for 12 hours straight, he said of his escape.
Now established in Wilrijk, a neighbourhood of Antwerp, Sediqi’s results are offering real hope that he can earn a place at this summer’s postponed Olympics.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Taekwondo instructor Mukhamadjon Turgunov is hopeful of coaching his athletes at international competitions after becoming a citizen of Uzbekistan.
The former kickboxer has been stateless for most of his life following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Although stateless people in Uzbekistan retain most of the same rights as citizens, including the right to vote, the status can cause issues when travelling to other countries. I was the Uzbek champion in kickboxing and there were moments when my coach wanted to send me for international championships abroad, but there would always be problems with the visa, Turgunov said in an interview with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).