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2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Muju 100-day Countdown Begins
SEOUL, Korea (March 19, 2017)
To mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships – set to be the biggest competition in the sport’s history – central Seoul has been built up with taekwondo action.
The Organizing Committee of the 2017 championships, which will take place in Muju, in Korea’s southwest, staged a taekwondo-themed festival in Gwangwhamun, central Seoul, on March 19 to mark the D-100 countdown.
The 2017 World Championships will welcome an estimated 1,900 participants from 170 countries and will be covered by 200 representatives of global media. Vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Yu Zaiqing is scheduled to attend the Opening Ceremony, while IOC president Thomas Bach plans to make an appearance at the Closing Ceremony.
In May, one month before the championships kick off in Muju begins; there will be a D-30 countdown festival in Jeollabuk-do.
Source: WTF
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