Performance of joint World Taekwondo-ITF demo team at Pyeongchang 2018 verbally agreed
July 2017
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has revealed here today that a verbal agreement has been reached with the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) for the two organizations' demonstration teams to perform during next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.
"We had a short meeting with them about the future cooperation and with the legal due process, and if the Organizing Committee agrees, World Taekwondo will invite the ITF Demonstration Team to have a joint demonstration performance at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games," "We have to discuss it with the IOC and also the Organizing Committee for Pyeongchang. Choue said at a press conference alongside IOC President Thomas Bach.
A written agreement for the Pyeongchang 2018 performance is due to be signed during the Championships, where a World Taekwondo delegation is scheduled to be in attendance from September 16 to 19 2017.
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