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DAKAR, Senegal. Jordan won the mixed-team Taekwondo event at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Thursday, November 12, ahead of Türkiye and Mexico. The event concluded five days of competition at the Complexe Iba Mar Diop, following the ten individual divisions contested from November 8 to 11.
The South Korean club supported by KPNP, will attend with its head coach Hyun-Jin Bae joining as a special guest coach at the December 26–30 event in Madrid.
DAKAR, Senegal. Serbia, Jordan and Iran won the three Taekwondo gold medals awarded Wednesday, November 11, at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Competition at the Complexe Iba Mar Diop concluded the individual program with the women’s +63 kg and men’s −73 kg and +73 kg divisions.
The Olympic Refuge Foundation chair praised the WT president’s commitment during a Board meeting in Dakar, where refugee athletes are competing at the Youth Olympic Games.
DAKAR, Senegal. Marie Sarr, Abdallah Alzawahra and Luna Fellinger won the three Taekwondo titles on Tuesday, November 10, at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Senegal, Jordan and Germany shared the gold medals at the Complexe Iba Mar Diop.
DAKAR, Senegal. South Korea’s Siwoo Lee and Chinese Taipei’s Po-Yu Cheng won the two Taekwondo titles on Monday, November 9, at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Lee beat Australia’s Mackenzie Macdonald 2–0, while Cheng defeated Uzbekistan’s Asadbek Samandarov 2–1. Schoolchildren from across Senegal cheered from the stands, according to World Taekwondo.
The agreement aims to expand Taekwondo participation in the United States, strengthen training, and promote international exchange. It also lays the groundwork for talks on Kukkiwon Dan certification.
DAKAR, Senegal. Lourance Numukiza made her Youth Olympic debut on Monday, November 9, as the Refugee Olympic Team’s only Taekwondo athlete at Dakar 2026. She lost 2–0 to Cyprus’ Ioanna Konstantinou in the women’s −49 kg quarterfinals.
DAKAR, Senegal. Croatia’s Petra Uglešić and Egypt’s Youssef Hassan Kamal won the first Taekwondo gold medals of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday, November 8. Both won their finals 2–0 at the Complexe Iba Diop.
World Taekwondo expects 99 athletes at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. The individual events run November 8–11, followed on November 12 by the first mixed-team Taekwondo event to award medals at an Olympic competition.
