Asian Taekwondo Open to be held from Wednesday

Asian Taekwondo Open to be held from Wednesday

The Combaxx 5th Asian Taekwondo Open Championship would be held from November 1 to 5 at Pakistan Sports Complex.

In a press conference here at Serena Hotels, Prof. Kyu Seok Lee, President Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU), Col (R) Waseem Janjua President PTF, Omar Saeed CEO PTF, Ji Young (Alicia) Kim Senior Director ATU, Murtaza Bangish Secretary General PTF and Zubair Macha General Manager Combaxx Sports said this was President Asian Taekwondo Union first ever participation in Asian Taekwondo here.

The opening ceremony of the championship would be held on November 2nd while closing on 5th. Taekwondo players from all over the world would chip in the mega event to be played at the Liaquat Gymnasium.

Waseem said PTF had organized the 4th Asian Open in Pakistan last year as well. The positive image of Pakistan would be promoted through sports as 27 countries will be featuring in the extravaganza. Our players would learn a lot in competition with their international contemporaries, he said.

Over five days, 500 to 600 athletes would compete for gold and different medal categories of Khyrougi and Poomsae Events. A total of 26 foreign countries along with different Pakistani teams would feature in the championship.

The countries teams include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Türkiye, UAE, Uzbekistan and The Humanitarian Foundation (THF).