Gr an dm ast er Yoo Hyu n g Hw an ,
com m i ssi on er of M u j u Wor l d
Ch am pi on sh i ps. He i s t h e
f or m er 1964 Kor ean Nat i on al
Team M em ber .
SEOUL, Kor ea (M ar ch
19, 2017) ? To m ar k the
star t of the 100-day
countdow n to the 2017
W TF Wor ld Taekw ondo
Cham pionships ? set to
be
the
biggest
com petition
in
the
spor t?s histor y ? centr al
Seoul has been built up
w ith taekw ondo action.
The
Or ganizing
Com m ittee of the 2017
cham pionships, w hich
w ill take place in M uju,
in
Kor ea?s
southw est,
staged
a
taekw ondo-them ed festival in Gw angw ham un,
centr al Seoul, on M ar ch 19 to m ar k the D-100
countdow n. The cur tain r aiser is being pr epar ed
to r aise the visibility of the cham pionships.
In 100 days, the w or ld?s top taekw ondo athletes
w ill step onto the m ats at Taekw ondow on, a
pur pose-built tr aining and com petition facility in
M uju in southw ester n Kor ea?s Jeollabuk-do
pr ovince. Ther e, the cham pionships w ill
w elcom e the elite of
the w or ld?s 80
m illion-str ong taekw ondo population, over seven
days fr om June 24 to June 30.
The 2017 Wor ld Cham pionships w ill w elcom e an
estim ated 1,900 par ticipants fr om 170 countr ies
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and w ill cover ed by 200 r epr esentatives of global
m edia. Vice-pr esident of the Inter national
Olym pic Com m ittee (IOC) Yu Zaiqing is
scheduled to attend the Opening Cer em ony,
w hile IOC pr esident Thom as Bach plans to m ake
an appear ance at the Closing Cer em ony.
Star ting at 10 a.m . local tim e in dow ntow n
Seoul?s Gw anghw am un, inter active booths
pr ovided taekw ondo-them ed activities such as
br ick-br eaking challenges and catw alks w ith
pr êt-à-por te taekw ondo gear. Thr oughout the
day, ther e w er e taekw ondo per for m ances and
ar t exhibits displaying the histor y of taekw ondo.
W hen the official event star ted at 2 p.m . local
tim e, var ious cer em onies took place, including
the intr oduction of Rio Olym pic star s Hye-r i Oh
and Dae-hoon Lee as taekw ondo am bassador s.
In M ay, one m onth befor e the cham pionships
kick off in M uju begins, ther e w ill be a D-30
countd ow n festival in Jeollabuk-do.
?Every member of the World Taekwondo Family is
looking forward with great anticipation to the
2017 World Championships, our
biggest
competition ever,? said W TF Pr esident Chungw on
Choue. ?I applaud the great efforts being made by
the M uju Organizing Committee to communicate
our
excitement
to the general
public.?
To
Find
Out
M or e
visit:
http://w w w.w or ldtaekw ondofeder ation.net