TAEKWONDO Preview: Third Grand Prix lands in Chinese Taipei

The third of five stops on the World Taekwondo Grand Prix circuit is this weekend in Taoyuan (TPE), with competition in the eight Olympic classes. The top seeds (★ = 2017 World Champion, but not necessarily at this weight):

Men:
∙ -58 kg: 1. Tae-hun Kim (KOR) ★ 2. Mikhail Artamonov (RUS)
∙ -68 kg: 1. Dae-Hoon Lee (KOR) ★ 2. Jaouad Achab (BEL)
∙ -80 kg: 1. Cheick Sallah Cisse (CIV) 2. Maksim Khramtcov (RUS) ★
∙ +80 kg: 1. Vladislav Larin (RUS) 2. Kyo-don In (KOR)

Women:
∙ -49 kg: 1. Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) 2. So-hui Kim (KOR)
∙ -57 kg: 1. Jade Jones (GBR) 2. Ah-reum Lee (KOR) ★
∙ -67 kg: 1. Hyeri Oh (KOR) ★ 2. Nur Tatar Askari (TUR) ★
∙ +67 kg: 1. Bianca Walkden (GBR) ★ 2. Shuyin Zheng (CHN)

There are two Americans seeded in the top five in their division: Paige McPherson (women’s -67 kg: 5) and Jackie Galloway (women’s +67 kg: 4). Both won Worlds silvers last year.

Prizes are $5,000-3,000-1,000 for the top three place winners. Look for results here.