Team GB Taekwondo star Sarah Stevenson was beaten 5 -1 by her American opponent Paige McPherson in the Preliminary Round of the -67kg category, at the ExCeL arena this morning.
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Taekwondo: Stevenson defeated in first round
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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to taekwondo
Taekwondo translates into English as ‘the art of foot and fist’ and it is exactly that, a battle of kicks and punches.
Posted in Features-Other, London 2012
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Taekwondo: Caroline Fisher wins bronze at European Championships
Great Britain’s taekwondo team secured their best medal haul at a European Championships, with seven in all, as Caroline Fisher won bronze on the final day.
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Taekwondo: Knee rehabilitation for Sarah Stevenson is ahead of schedule
Britain’s world taekwondo champion, Sarah Stevenson, is defying expectations with her progress back to fitness after she suffered a freak knee injury at the start of February which undermined her London 2012 preparations. Gary Hall, Team GB performance director, said today that the 28 year old competitor’s rehabilitation after an operation on her cruciate ligament [...]
Taekwondo: Knee injury for Stevenson is “just a blip”
World champion and 2008 Beijing Olympic medallist, Sarah Stevenson underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair cruciate ligament damage, that she sustained at a recent training camp in Mexico. However, she describes her 2012 Games scare as “just a blip.” Stevenson will miss the forthcoming Dutch and German Opens and almost certainly the European Championships in [...]
4 stars 5 questions
We ask four stars the same five questions. See what Sarah Stevenson (Taekwondo), Nicola Adams (Boxing), Laura Massaro (Squash) and Katie Blundell (Snowboarding) have to say. SARAH STEVENSON Taekwondo 1. Which sport would you most like front-row seats for at London 2012? I would like tickets to the Paralympic’s wheelchair basketball, if GB get to the [...]
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Taekwondo: Sarah Stevenson made MBE in the Queens New Year honours list
Just weeks following the controversy over her omission from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year all male shortlist, taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson has ended the year on a high having been awarded an MBE in the Queens New Year honours list.
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Your chance to become a “Bring on Tomorrow” athlete
The Bring on Tomorrow Foundation has been established by Goodness Shakes in partnership with SportsAid to support the development of promising young athletes in the UK.
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Taekwondo: Sarah Stevenson wins emotional gold
Britain’s Sarah Stevenson won an emotional gold medal in the Taekwondo World Championships at the Gyeongju Arena in South Korea.
Taekwondo: Sarah Stevenson tops world rankings
Beijing Olympic taekwondo star Sarah Stevenson has become world number one after making it to the top of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) world rankings for her weight category.
