The 2017 World Para Taekwondo Championships will kick off Thursday (19 October) at the Copper Box Arena, the same venue that hosted the taekwondo during the London 2012 Olympics
Around 260 athletes from a record-breaking 59 countries will fight for titles acros medal events, with Kyorugi the main competition format at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where the sport will make its Paralympic debut.