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KUALA LUMPUR : The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) will consider the decision to abandon taekwondo from the list of basic sports. His minister, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, said that a dialogue would soon be held to discuss issues affecting the sport.
"I want a discussion to be organized to allow us to go through the problems to advance taekwondo, if we have internal problems, then we have to find the solution."
"I see the Taekwondo as the sport that is able to move the nation forward and unite people of all races and be exemplary for other sports. ", he told reporters after attending the grand finale of the 13th Koko Crunch Juniors Taekwondo Championship of Nestlé 2018 at Juara Stadium, Bukit Kiara, today.
In total, 384 participants from 21 clubs competed for the title and the Trophy Tunku Imran Challenge
Syed Saddiq, however, did not specify whether the dialogue would also discuss the fate of two other sports that were removed from the list, namely weightlifting and sepak takraw
. year, KBS announced that Three sports were removed from the list of basic sports but could still be challenged at the 19th Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Perak in September
The decision to give up the sport was due to unsatisfactory performances, doping problems and internal crises 19659002] For the record, Taekwondo athletes Chew Wei Yan and Yap Khim Wen won the gold medal respectively. male and female dividual to Poomsae (non-sparring), while Rozaimi Rozali won gold from kyorugi below 68 kg in 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL2017) last year
Another Taekwondo athlete, Elaine Teoh, also competed in two Olympic Games, in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008). – Bernama
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