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Munich, Germany — The European Taekwondo Championships 2026 is officially underway, bringing together Europe’s top athletes in one of the most significant events on the international calendar, and setting a new benchmark for competitive excellence across the continent.
SEOUL, Korea – World Taekwondo has reinforced its institutional agenda by confirming it has achieved carbon neutral status for the year 2024, alongside the launch of a new Online Sustainability Course aimed at the global Taekwondo community.
The Government of Canada has unveiled a CAD 755 million investment over the next five years, including CAD 660 million allocated to National Sport Organizations. Taekwondo Canada welcomed the announcement, highlighting its potential impact on high performance and long-term athlete development.
LONDON (United Kingdom) — Poomsae is gearing up for one of the most important weekends on the international calendar. On May 2 and 3, the Lee Valley Athletics Centre will host an unprecedented series of four official World Taekwondo events: the London Open Poomsae G1, the London Open Para Poomsae G2, the WT President’s Cup (Europe) G3, and the President’s Cup Para Poomsae G3, bringing together intense competition and ranking points on a single stage.
The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) will not only celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2026: it will do so in conjunction with the European Senior and Para Taekwondo Championships in Munich, a G4-status event that directly impacts the world rankings and the path to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Modern Olympic taekwondo can no longer be analyzed solely from a sporting perspective. The international reality shows that energy, economics, geopolitics, and performance are all part of the same equation. When oil prices rise, logistics costs increase. When logistics costs increase, airfare goes up. And when travel costs more, access to the world rankings also becomes more expensive.
DALLAS, Texas — The 2026 Dallas Open International Taekwondo Championship concluded on a highly positive balance after bringing together athletes, coaches, and officials from different countries over two days at one of the strongest events on the U.S. regional calendar. The event combined an official structure, international exposure, and an organization led by Grand Master Inseon Kim, a prominent figure within the global taekwondo community.
Paralympic champion Lisa Kjær Jensen has become the first Para Taekwondo athlete ever appointed to the World Taekwondo Council, marking another significant step in the federation’s continued commitment to broader representation and inclusion.
The Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) issued a clarification regarding the conditions for using the wildcards granted for the 2026 G4 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, in response to questions raised about their application across different disciplines. In sparring, the clarification established the criteria for athletes born in 2009 or earlier. However, in Poomsae, although the clarification refers to World Taekwondo regulations for other disciplines, the official event outline still retains registration wording that continues to allow athletes aged 17 or older.
World Taekwondo moved forward in consolidating its new international refereeing framework with the creation of the Standing International Referee List 2026–2028, a global panel of 169 international referees that will serve as the operational foundation for the competitive cycle leading up to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
