There were golds galore for China as they continue to make home advantage count at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Chengdu.

Olympic medallists Panipak Wongpattanakit and Saleh Elsharabaty earned the final gold medals at the opening World Taekwondo Grand Prix of the year in the Italian capital Rome.

Turkey's Merve Dinçel won a dramatic women's under-49 kilograms final to deny Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand a third gold at the World Taekwondo Championships here, and there were victories in the men's events for South Korea's Kang Sang-hyun and Italy's Simone Alessio.

The Taekwondo Association of Thailand claimed the most awards by the Thai Sports Federation during a ceremony at the Akshara King Power Theatre on February 9.

Panipak Wongpattanakit and Simone Alessio won top prizes at World Taekwondo's 2022 Gala Awards, held in Riyadh's Alkhozam Hall following the conclusion of the Grand Prix season.

Seventeen-year-old Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar underscored her status as a star of the present as well as the future with victory at the final of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix.

The final match-ups have been confirmed at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals in Riyadh, following the opening day of competition at the Green Halls.

Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh is set to host the world’s best taekwondo athletes for the last time this year as it gets ready to host the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals starting tomorrow.

Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit returned to the top of the medal standing after overcoming the women's under-49-kilograms competition at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester.

Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit is one of four Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions due to compete at the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix.

Olympic taekwondo champion Panipak Wongpattanakit has won yet another accolade - this time the honour for best female amateur athlete from the Sport Writers Association of Thailand (SWAT).

Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit is among athletes struck down by a COVID-19 outbreak in the Thai taekwondo team, but officials are optimistic it will not impact preparations for the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).