Indian Athletes fail to leave a mark at the Korea Open

Indian Taekwondo athletes were unable to leave a mark at the recently concluded korea Open International Taekwondo Championship in Gyeongju , Korea. The taekwondo Poomsae Team were overpowered by stronger teams like Uzbekistan, Thailand, Phillipines. India's Ishee Pardeshi who played in the Juniors category was placed 13th ,lost in the semi finals. Master Abhishek Dubey made it to the finals and was in the top 4 rankings till the final round.However was unable to maintain his place in the finals and dropped down to the 6th place. 'The competition at International level is getting tougher by day and we need to be training better than ever to consistently maintain our previous performances and be in the medal tally, says abhishek Dubey'