2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
Appearance
2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam | |
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Venue | Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center |
Location | Wuxi, China |
Dates | 12–16 December |
Competitors | 128 |
Total prize money | US$760,000 |
The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China.[1][2]
Qualifications and seeding position
[edit]Seed | Result |
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No. 1 Seed | 2017 Grand Slam champion |
No. 2 Seed | 2018 Grand Prix Final champion |
No. 3 Seed | 2017 Grand Slam runner-up |
No. 4 Seed | 2018 Grand Prix Series 4 champion |
No. 5 Seed | 2018 Grand Prix Series 3 champion |
No. 6 Seed | 2018 Grand Prix Series 2 champion |
No. 7 Seed | 2018 Grand Prix Series 1 champion |
No. 8 Seed | 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament II |
No. 9 Seed | 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament I |
- In case of one athlete occupying multiple seeding positions, the highest seeding position shall be assigned to the athlete, and vacant seeding positions shall be filled by other seeding athletes only
- The highest Olympic ranking athletes of November, 2018 shall fill up the unoccupied position, but not for seeding.
Non Seeded Athletes are as follows:
- 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II
- 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I
- 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II
- 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I
- Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee
- Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee
- Host Country Athlete
Events schedule
[edit]The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December.
Event Date | Weight Division | |
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Men | Women | |
12-16 December | -80 kg | -67kg |
+80kg | +67kg | |
13-16 December | -58kg | -49kg |
-68 kg | -57kg |
Medal summary
[edit]Men
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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58 kg | Jang Jun (KOR) | Liang Yushuai (CHN) | Armin Hadipour (IRI) |
68 kg | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | Bradly Sinden (GBR) | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) |
80 kg | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) | Namgoong Hwan (KOR) | Milad Beigi (AZE) |
+80 kg | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Song Zhaoxiang (CHN) |
Women
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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49 kg | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Ha Min-ah (KOR) | Tan Xueqin (CHN) |
57 kg | Zhou Lijun (CHN) | Jade Jones (GBR) | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) |
67 kg | Lauren Williams (GBR) | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) |
+67 kg | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Madelynn Gorman-Shore (USA) | Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL) |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Information". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ Dept, WT Communications (2018-12-12). "Second World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series explodes into action". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-12.