11 medals out of 15 athletes. for whatever reason  we sent an incomplete team of 16 athletes (only 1 left for tomorrow) I wish I knew why  I can guess though   the result is indeed very good in such a competitive sport but lack of talent was never our problem in taekwondo. it was always there probably much more than any other country.    but the problem is the transition to the senior team. most of previous junior world champions never even made the senior team. (the new federation is doing better in this regard though)

Maybe my analogy was bad. I meant a team points competition based on individual placements in each event.

But why? Honestly it should be about athletes.

I actually feel like it has the potential to be good change. The new brand identities might open up more possibilities for merchandise. I also think the ISU could create a compelling team standings competition similar to the constructors cup in F1.   Plus, it might add a degree of “apolitical-ness” to the top level international short track, during a time where that’s been a hot topic in international sports (in general).    Maybe it won’t work at all, but I’m open to seeing where the ISU go with this.

GSOC HearingLife Tour Challenge Men’s Quarterfinals  Team Mouat v.  Team Craik   Team Schwaller v.  Team McEwen  Team Jacobs v.  Team Dunstone  Team Gushue v.  Team Whyte

@MHSN  so far is amazing! 11 medals (7 golds) out of 17 events...what a dominant performance! the future of Iranian taekwondo is bright 

World Junior Championships ( Chuncheon)   Day #5 Medallists   women's -42kg Gold:  Ghazal Houshmand Silver:  Yang Xiruo Bronze:  Saksham Yadav &  Elina Tkhamokova   women's -68kg Gold:  Hana Zarrinkamar Silver:  Lim Ye Rim Bronze:  Julia Novak &  Wang Wei-Chia   men's -73kg Gold:  Park Jae Won Silver:  Aliakbar Ebrahimi Bronze:  Angelo Mangione &  Huseyn Khudiyev   men's -78kg Gold:  Oscar Kovacic Silver:  Michal Szadkowski Bronze:  Jesùs Pacheco Jimenez &  Amin Mohammad Ahmadvand

It's also just unnecessary     Reactions I've seen so far from the top skaters here mostly come down to: "Yeah, whatever"  

They could have had a month long league instead after the usual season ended with no such drama. This is too wierd I feel.

I don't think so, athletes will still compete for their nations, it's just that the nations have some US-sports kind of nickname and won't be announced as the actual nation anymore.