2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
VenueWuxi Taihu International Expo Center
LocationWuxi, China
Dates12–16 December
Competitors128
Total prize moneyUS$760,000
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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

Seed Result
No. 1 Seed China 2017 Grand Slam champion
No. 2 Seed United Arab Emirates 2018 Grand Prix Final champion
No. 3 Seed China 2017 Grand Slam runner-up
No. 4 Seed United Kingdom 2018 Grand Prix Series 4 champion
No. 5 Seed Chinese Taipei 2018 Grand Prix Series 3 champion
No. 6 Seed Russia 2018 Grand Prix Series 2 champion
No. 7 Seed Italy 2018 Grand Prix Series 1 champion
No. 8 Seed China 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament II
No. 9 Seed China 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

The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December.

Event Date Weight Division
Men Women
12-16 December -80 kg -67kg
+80kg +67kg
13-16 December -58kg -49kg
-68 kg -57kg

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)2204
2 China (CHN)2125
3 South Korea (KOR)1326
4 Iran (IRI)1012
5 Russia (RUS)1001
 Thailand (THA)1001
7 Turkey (TUR)0101
 United States (USA)0101
9 Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
 Ivory Coast (CIV)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (11 entries)88824

References

  1. ^ "Information". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  2. ^ 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.