World Taekwondo Symposium focuses on Taekwondo and Artificial Intelligence
WUXI, China – The World Taekwondo Symposium was held today on the sidelines of the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, exploring artificial intelligence innovation can shape the future of Taekwondo.
WUXI, China – The World Taekwondo Symposium was held today on the sidelines of the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, exploring artificial intelligence innovation can shape the future of Taekwondo.
The International Olympic Committee’s Head of AI Alejandro Merino-Madrid was among the high-profile speakers, providing an overview of AI in the Olympic Movement and how it is driving innovation to shape the future of sport.
First held at the Beijing 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, the World Taekwondo Symposium serves as a vital educational platform for the global Taekwondo family to learn about and discuss the most importance topics for the sport.
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue emphasised the significance of the World Taekwondo Symposium, and thanked the World Taekwondo Education Committee Chair Hassane Sadok for moderating the event.
“Today in Wuxi, I believe that the theme of the Symposium is very relevant to all of us – AI. The future is now. AI is everywhere and China is one of the leading nations in the world. I hope that the knowledge shared today will be another platform for World Taekwondo to emerge as a leader in how AI shapes the sport. The potential is immense and limitless,” President Choue said.
Professor Sadok began the World Taekwondo Symposium with an introductory overview of AI, how it can be used to support athletes, coaches and referees in Taekwondo, and the associated ethical questions and challenges.
Mr Merino-Madrid delivered the first session on how the IOC is applying AI to benefit sport and the wider Olympic Movement, in line with five focus areas outlined in the Olympic AI Agenda.
These are supporting athletes, clean competition and safe sport; ensuring equal access to the benefits of AI; optimising Olympic and Paralympic Games operations with a focus on sustainability; growing engagement with people; and driving efficiency across the management of IOC and sport.
“We are focusing on five focus areas. The first one is about athletes. When the fans come to Wuxi to watch the World Taekwondo Championships or to LA to watch the Olympic Games, they come to see athletes competing, so we have to keep this in mind. Athletes, and organising clean competitions and safe sport, is our first focus area,” Mr Merino-Madrid said.
“The second one is about making AI available everywhere. AI has the power to divide, but also the power to unite. It will have the power to divide if only the most privileged athletes or nations have access to it. However, if we are able to make it available to everyone, it will level the playing field.
“The third focus area is how to organise in a more efficient and sustainable way our Olympic Games or your Championships.
“The fourth focus area is about growing engagement with people, especially with younger generations who consume sport in a different way.
“The fifth focus area is, after looking everywhere in the Olympic Movement, we have to look at ourselves and make our organisation more efficient.”
He also offered practical examples of how the IOC is implementing AI, including the successful athlete cyber abuse protection initiative which flags comments as abusive, reports them to social media platforms and protected 353 athletes and officials from cyber abuse at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Other examples included improving refereeing and judging, the Senegal Talent ID programme which provided unique information to identify and nurture future Olympians, digital twinning of venues for faster planning, optimising Games operations to focus on sustainability, and colourisation of archive footage.
The World Taekwondo Symposium featured contributions from other expert guest speakers, including Saarland University lecturer and Fraunhofer IZFP research manager Keivan Shariatmadar who explored explainable AI for Olympic and Paralympic Taekwondo.
Fudan University’s Association Professor at the College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Hui Xu discussed system software technologies for data-driven sports training, while Beijing Sport University Vice-President Ping Hong outlined the application and exploration of AI in sports.
The final session of the World Taekwondo Symposium saw Jung Gu Choi discuss the future of World Taekwondo Education through the AX Platform.
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