Several of the region’s best martial artists will be in Santo Domingo this week to participate in the 14th Pan American Taekwondo Championships being held from November 18 – 21, 2004. The General Assembly and elections will take place prior to the Championships on November 17, 2004.
Some 20 countries have confirmed their participation in the event that is to take place at the same Taekwondo facility that was used for the Pan American Games in 2003. Hoy newspaper reports that the secretary general of the Pan American Taekwondo union, Helder Navarro, is in the DR for the event. Exhibition teams from Korea will also participate in the event.
Leonardo Monsanto told Hoy newspaper that several regional sport directors, including Kevin Kim and San Heo Lee, who assist Chunguon Chou, the president of the World Taekwondo Federation, will also attend the event.
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