Other top stories in Paris included the hometown run of France's Althea Laurin in the women's heavyweight class and 18-year old American Kristina Teachout claiming women's welterweight bronze. Here's ...

Taekwondo at the Olympic games will take place from Aug. 7 through Aug. 10, with a total of 128 athletes set to compete in Paris. Here are the top storylines heading into the action, including the ...

Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. "Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?" Jones, 31, said in a BBC ...

PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - France's Althea Laurin claimed the women's taekwondo heavyweight title on Saturday, winning the country's first Olympic gold medal in the sport by beating Uzbekistan's ...

Wales' double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones is switching sports and has taken up boxing. The 31-year-old says she is ...

Taekwondo is South Korea’s national martial art, and the country suffered a humiliation in Tokyo, where it failed to win a single gold medal for the first time since the sport became a medal event in ...