Pakistan Open G-1 Taekwondo Championship 2020 postponed

World Taekwondo has postponed all influential international events this year, including Pakistan Open Taekwondo Championship, a G-1 event, which was registered in October this year in Islamabad.

The decision was taken by the world body due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, the hosting rights will still be with Pakistan, which will help taekwondo flourish in Pakistan.

President of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Lt Col (R) Wasim Ahmed Januja has confirmed that:

“We will have hosting rights and hopefully the event will be conducted next year in the same time-frame,”.

Around 700 fighters are expected to compete in Pakistan Open. PTF has already purchased equipment required for the purpose. Pakistan will host Under-14, Under-17 and senior events with both male and females in action.

The G1 event is the very first top-class event, which will take around Rs 60 million to conduct the event in Pakistan.

“If we host it in October next year then the well-prepared fighters will feature in the 14th South Asian Games which Pakistan will host in early 2022. And after that the fighters will feature in Asian Games the same year,” Wasim said.