(Chuncheon, Korea)- Final Day of Chuncheon 2026 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. The Chuncheon 2026 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships concluded in style, with six nations winning gold medals across eight events on the fifth and final day of competition.
Hosts Korea led the way with three gold medals, triumphing in the Male Team Junior, Female Team Junior and Female Team Under 60 events.
Jinsung Cho, Sa-Bin Lee and Gunhyung Lee secured the Male Team Junior title ahead of the USA trio of Whye Jing Ong, David Gil and Preston Park. Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China shared the bronze medals.
Korea added another junior team title through Yu-Na Kim, Dohee Kim and Yee-Un Kim, who finished ahead of Chinese Taipei in the Female Team Junior event. Hong Kong, China and Vietnam completed the podium with bronze.
The hosts’ third gold came in the Female Team Under 60 category, where Minhwa Kim,Miseon Kim and Eunjoo Kim took the title ahead of the USA. Hong Kong, China and Spain shared bronze.
China’s Yuxiang Zhu was crowned Male Under 40 champion after overcoming Denmark’s Benjamin Harder in the final. Malaysia’s Wei Yan Chew and Korea’s Hyoseok Choi collected the bronze medals.
Germany also celebrated individual success as Heekyung Reimann won the Female Under 65 title. Australia’s Carmela Hartnett took silver, with Austria’s Sabine Muller and Spain’s Beatriz Queiro Campos earning bronze. |
