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(Last Updated On: May 25, 2021)
Afghanistan’s Taekwondo Federation said that it hopes the country still has a chance to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite having missed out on qualifying last week in Jordan.
Federation head, Najibullah Sikandari stated that Afghanistan would submit an appeal to the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) on their disqualification ruling.
According to Sikandari, Afghanistan could send a team to the Olympics if the ITF grants the country a White Card after the national team missed the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The team was forced to pull out after three members tested positive for COVID-19.
(Last Updated On: May 25, 2021)
Afghanistan’s Taekwondo Federation said that it hopes the country still has a chance to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite having missed out on qualifying last week in Jordan.
Federation head, Najibullah Sikandari stated that Afghanistan would submit an appeal to the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) on their disqualification ruling.
According to Sikandari, Afghanistan could send a team to the Olympics if the ITF grants the country a White Card after the national team missed the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The team was forced to pull out after three members tested positive for COVID-19.
Two Teaneck Fourth Graders Become Taekwondo Black Belts By Shira Kosowsky | April 29, 2021
On Sunday, April 11, Seth Lazar and Akiva Lewitan, two fourth-grade boys from Teaneck, received black belts in taekwondo. The two friends have been taking taekwondo classes at American Korean Tae Kwon Do on Teaneck Road with Master James Koh since July 2017.
Seth and Akiva have been friends since they were in preschool, even though they attend different schools; Seth goes to Yavneh Academy and Akiva goes to Yeshivat Noam. The Lazars and Lewitans first became friends when they kept running into each other at preschool open houses, and both families also daven at Congregation Beth Aaron. When Laura Lazar was considering signing Seth up for taekwondo, she called Brooke Lewitan and asked if Akiva would like to do it with him. At that time, Master James had just taken over the dojo and was offering a two-week trial to encourage new students. Akiva and Seth went for
JEDDAH: Female participation in sport in Saudi Arabia has shot up by almost 150 percent since 2015, the Kingdom’s sports minister revealed.
Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal said far-reaching changes as part of the Saudi Vision 2030 reform plan and the influence of Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan have been major factors in contributing to the success.
The minister hailed the princess as a great role model who had inspired her peers and country
through her sporting achieve- ments, playing a crucial part in promoting mass participation in sports and carrying out important work on the board and as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) women and sports committee.