On April 28, Taekwondo test events the Gwangju Universiade kicked off at Chosun University.
The event was hosted by the Korea Taekwondo Federation and supervised by the Gwangju 2015
Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC).
Eighty Korean athletes from 44 teams are to attend the competitions for 21 disciplines.
Through the competitions, 26 athletes are selected to fight in the 23 disciplines of the actual Universiade
taekwondo competition in July.
Taekwondo has traditionally been a solid sport in terms of winning gold medals for Korea.
A total of 800 athletes from 74 countries will participate in taekwondo events for seven days, competing for
23 golds during the Universiade.
The GUOC officials said that the taekwondo test event at Chosun University is a rehearsal for the real event
which will be to be held from July 7 to 13. They added that they would consult experts from the
International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the World Taekwondo Federation while using the
same equipment and venue during the preparatory event to make the Universiade more economic and
efficient.
The taekwondo test event ends on April 29.
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Jiyoung Lee, Foreign Press Officer
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