World Para-Taekwondo Championships set to become annual event
Oct 2017 Daniel Etchells -- The biennial World Para-Taekwondo Championships are set to become an annual event in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, meaning a further edition will be held next year.
World Taekwondo President "Chungwon Choue confirmed the intended change, which must be ratified at the international governing body’s Council meeting ,Choue said he is confident nobody within the Council will be against the proposal.
Despite the proposed change, a World Championships is not due to be held in 2020 as the Paralympic Games will effectively serve as the premier international event for that particular year.
Taekwondo is due to make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and will be hopeful of increasing its participation levels between now and then.
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