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TAEKWONDO: I’m in Nigeria to secure my spot in US team -Sohwon Kim

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2016 World Team Championships bronze medalist, Sohwon Kim is hoping to garner enough global points before end of March, which is his main reason to participate in the maiden Nigeria Taekwondo International Open.

Kim is part of the 151 athletes from 15 countries who will compete in 16 weight categories in the men and women events from February 8 to 10 at the Abuja National Stadium.

“I have been enjoying myself since arriving Nigeria although it is a different culture compared to where I am coming from,” he told the Federation media team.

Kim, whose last tournament was in November 2018 at the Israel Open, believes his coming to Nigeria would improve his chance of making the American team to the World Championship in England later in the year.

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He said: “I hope I can win gold to be able to garner enough points to secure my place in the US team for the World Championships. But I must also say that winning gold in Nigeria depends solely on my feeling on court and I hope I can have good feeling go into my fights.

“I think I had a smooth ride from my base and I am so excited that I was well received at the airport by the organisers, which for me was a sign of god thing to come in the competition. I hope I will enjoy every day I spend in Nigeria to be able to want to come back again,” he added.

Kim is expected to compete in the men’s -68kg alongside athletes from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Niger Republic, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire.

Mali also joined US and Saudi Arabia as one of the early birds already in Abuja for the World Taekwondo (WT)-sanctioned tournament.

 

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