The 2013 World Taekwondo Championships began in Central
Mexico’s city of Puebla
this weekend. This year marks the 21st annual Championships for men’s events,
and the 14th annual for women. Over 800 athletes from 134 countries and regions
will be competing for seven days for an audience of over 5,000 locals.
The opening ceremony was held on Saturday, with a folk dance
performance depicting the traditional Mexican legend of Popocatepetl – an active
volcano in the Puebla
region. Also, Puebla ’s
governor Rafael Moreno Valle and the World Taekwondo Federation’s president
Choue Chung-won spoke and opened the biennial Championships, which are
scheduled for July 15-21st. They expressed their hopes for the best
championships in the Federation’s history and thanked Puebla ’s local government for hosting the
tournament.
"Dear athletes please train hard and compete fairly, to
show the audience of Puebla ,
Mexico
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