|
Thomas Bach Visits Muju for 2017 Worlds, Praises Taekwondo for Globalization and Values
June 2017
IOC President Thomas Bach visited the 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships, where he visited an academic symposium, looked around the facilities at Taekwondowon, presented a IOC President trophy to World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue and held a press conference.
Bach and Choue then donned dobok and, together with other VIPs and IOC members, smashed boards on which were inscribed various social and sportive ills including corruption, match fixing, illegal gambling and doping. The two then left their hand prints for Taekwondowon.
Following a short visit to the Taekwondowon Museum, Bach paid his respects to a memorial for athletes who have passed away recently, set up at the entrance to the championship venue. “That is a very good gesture to honor these young athletes,” Bach, who was visibly moved, said. “It is good to keep their memory alive.”
Bach congratulated World Taekwondo on its championships, saying that taekwondo and Olympism “share the same values” and that it is critical to defend these values, which are under attack around the worldwide.
|
|
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
