Taekwondo 2020 Discussion Thread

[thepharoah 2,405]

39 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

wow this is new ! I didn't know that, that's big. he is a former world medalist, the most entertaining Iranian taekwondo athlete IMO, so talented , he was just physically weak that's why he didn't dominate the world in his time.

 

the last time I heard about him, he had some serious health issues (even life threatening if I'm not wrong) and that's why they didn't invite him to the national team anymore. when I googled his name, there was absolutely nothing about him during 2019.

 

checking his instagram, he is just happy to win a gold after a year of absence ! doesn't mention anything about changing nationality but we heard these stories before.

 

as I said before, with this rate soon half of the competitors in world stage will be Iranian born  most of them are not that good though but this guy (if healthy) is really good. he is Olympic gold medal material. of course it depends on his physical situation.

 

maybe he was just playing for an Emirate club in the tournament 

[MHSN 3,619]

44 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

maybe he was just playing for an Emirate club in the tournament 

 

yes that's possible

 

but there are already two profiles for him , one for Iran, and one for UAE (empty profile though) with some differences in his surname

https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/playerProfile/11e6eef4-55bc-66dc-92b4-12f817a4f090

https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/playerProfile/11ea3bad-b911-96f1-8f4c-02dd56220184

[MHSN 3,619]

2020 Asian Taekwondo Championship in Lebanon got cancelled , no need to say why  no update if they postponed the competition or changed the venue but Asian Taekwondo Confederation noticed all national federations about this.

[MHSN 3,619]

On 04/02/2020 at 04:45, thepharoah said:

 

maybe he was just playing for an Emirate club in the tournament 

 

it seems your guess was correct, or at least that's what he claims. he is training in Oman and UAE these days and works in an Emirate club. he claims he has no intention to represent another country even though he knows it will be an uphill task for him to find his way back to the Iranian national team.

[dcro 10,210]

Malawi taekwondo star makes uniform donation

 

This is literally the most random piece of news I have ever read.

 

ITG

[MHSN 3,619]

Some changes in WT calendar

http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/postponement-of-tokyo-2020-and-subsequent-impact-on-wt-calendar/

 

interestingly , we still will have a 2021 World Championships but they changed the date to somewhere in last 3 months of the year.

[Ionoutz24 129]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094170/world-taekwondo-extraordinary-council?fbclid=IwAR32Br7KvyNqmGyUesyh497Vdjec4--hI-PfS2pewUVHFR3ClETypq02P8Y

[thepharoah 2,405]

http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/world-taekwondo-mourns-passing-of-vice-president-gen-ahmed-fouly/

 

RIP Ahmed El Fouly , former Egyptian federation president and WT vice president 

[thepharoah 2,405]

The Olympic Champion Ahmed Abu Ghaush announced his retirement on his facebook page, right now he's in jail facing accusations of fraud by his father in his jordanese papers from 32 ys he is originally from Palestine like 80% of Jordan's peopke I don't really understand what is his problem in this but it looks like his retirement is serious and we won't see him playing in Tokyo 

[heywoodu 15,141]

23 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

The Olympic Champion Ahmed Abu Ghaush announced his retirement on his facebook page, right now he's in jail facing accusations of fraud by his father in his jordanese papers from 32 ys he is originally from Palestine like 80% of Jordan's peopke I don't really understand what is his problem in this but it looks like his retirement is serious and we won't see him playing in Tokyo 

Wait, his father accused him of fraud? And 80% of Jordan's people are born in Palestine? I am a little confused but very interested