Activities marking this yr’s Korean Ambassadors Cup taekwondo championship will start this Thursday in Abuja with the classification of para-athletes into numerous classes.
Sports247 stories that the venue is decked in stunning colors and officers from the worldwide physique are already on the town, a lot to the delight of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) president, Tayo Popoola.
The taekwondo boss was beaming with delight as she revealed elaborate plans which have been put in place, whereas Korea’s ambassador to Nigeria, Yo-an Jeong added that the competitors’s 14th version can be an enormous occasion staged in accordance with world finest practices.
Popoola added that bouts will start on Friday within the sports activities corridor of Moshood Abiola National Stadium and finish at MO Arena, each in Abuja, a day after the classification of particular athletes, who’re making ready to attend the para-taekwondo international championship.
She additional disclosed that officers of World Taekwondo will take cost of the classifiers on Thursday and the championship correct, a lot to the delight of Ambassador Yo-an Jeong, who enthused that the much-expected championship can be extremely attention-grabbing.
While thanking National Sports Commission (NSC) officers for his or her help, the NTF’s president added {that a} Kukkiwon demonstration staff may even be in Abuja so as to add further international enchantment and prominence to the occasion’s worldwide standing.
Popoola submitted: “It has been weeks of a lot exhausting work in preparation for this occasion. The registration has been overwhelming until we needed to cease and now we’re totally set for the competitors.
“The Korean Ambassador is very happy about the preparations just as the NSC are keen on the event. We are set and very optimistic of a big event.”
Sports247 stories additional that the competitors is ready to propel Nigeria into one other section of enhanced growth and promotion of the traditional martial artwork of taekwondo, wherein Popoola was once an energetic competitor.
