RAWALPINDI: The 15th Korean Ambassador National Senior Taekwondo Championship will roll into action here at Shehbaz Sharif Sports Complex on Friday.

Pakistan Taekwondo Federation president retired Lt Col Raja Wasim Ahmed said at a news conference on Thursday that senior teams of all the four provinces, Islamabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy and other affiliated units of the federation would feature in the four-day event.

Around 350 male and 200 female athletes will participate in the event which will be officiated by 48 international and national referees of the PTF.

“Taekwondo is an Olympic sport and the PTF is trying to field its athletes in different qualifiers to earn spots for the coveted event,” Wasim said.

“Our athletes also featured in qualifiers for Tokyo Olympics but Covid-19 pandemic affected their training and consequently they could not make a cut to the Olympics, we hope they’ll claim space in the next Olympics,” he further added.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022