CJMYThe 13th Nestlé KOKO KRUNCH® Junior Taekwondo Championship 2018 saw rising Taekwondo exponents vie for glory during the Grand Finals held at Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara.
This year, Koryo Taekwondo Club once again emerged victorious and brought home the Tunku Imran Challenge Trophy. They clinched the trophy with 11 gold, 8 silver and 17 bronze medals while Smart MA finished in second place with 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.
Ahmad Muhaimin bin M. Al-Hafiidz from A Team won the boys’ ages 10-12 best performance award while Wei Jia Ying Cherry from Singapore was named the girls’ best performance winner. The winners for the ages 7-9 category best performance awards were RSB Perak’s Muhammad Adi Iskandar (boys) and TYC’s Nurul Alya Qistina (girls).
YB Encik Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Minister of Youth and Sports, who officiated the medal presentation and closing ceremony said, “It is extremely encouraging to see the contribution that Nestlé KOKO KRUNCH® has made for the development of young talent in Taekwondo through this championship. With such strong support and structured programmes at the grassroots level, I am confident that Malaysia will continue to develop top-quality athletes who will make our nation proud.”
A total of 384 medal winners from 21 clubs competed for the coveted Nestlé KOKO KRUNCH® Junior Taekwondo Championship Tunku Imran Challenge Trophy. The overall Championship this year had a total of 2,000 participants across Malaysia and Singapore.
The Grand Finals also saw a participation of 193 girls and 191 boys, with 161 exponents aged 7 – 9 years old and 223 exponents aged 10 – 12 years old.
First launched in 2006 with the support of Taekwondo Malaysia (WTF), the Nestlé KOKO KRUNCH® Junior Taekwondo Championship provides a platform to develop young talents at the grassroots level by giving them a first taste of competitive Taekwondo.
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