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2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

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2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
VenueWuxi Taihu International Expo Center
LocationWuxi, China
Dates30 December–20 January 2018
Competitors96
Total prize moneyUS$760,000
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The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.[1]

Qualifications and seeding position

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Seed Result
No. 1 Seed Brazil 2016 Olympic Champion
No. 2 Seed South Korea 2017 World Champion (heavier weight category)
No. 3 Seed South Korea 2017 World Champion (lighter weight category)
No. 4 Seed Ivory Coast 2017 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 5 Seed Russia 2017 Grand Prix Series 1 Champion
No. 6 Seed Morocco 2017 Grand Prix Series 2 Champion
No. 7 Seed United Kingdom 2017 Grand Prix Series 3 Champion
No. 8 Seed Azerbaijan 2016 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 9 Seed China 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 10 Seed China 2nd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 11 Seed China 3rd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 12 Seed China Host Country Place Athlete
  • In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No. 8 seeded athletes, the higher seeding position shall be assigned to athlete as mandatory.
  • No.9 to No. 12 seeding are fixed position, and replacement for No.9 to No. 11 will be decided by the rules of Qualification Tournament for Wuxi 2017 WT Grand Slam Champions Series
  • In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No.8 seeded athletes, following replacement rule shall apply:
1st Replacement By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
2nd Replacement By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
3rd Replacement By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
4th Replacement By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
5th Replacement or beyond By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017

Events schedule

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The competition was held every saturday since 30 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.[2]

Event Date Weight Division
Men Women
30 December 2017 -80 kg +67kg
6 January 2018 -68 kg -67kg
13 January 2018 +80 kg -49kg
20 January 2018 -58 kg -57kg

Medal summary

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The team championships were also held in the same arena but for a different competition, called the World Cup Team Championships.[3][4][5]

Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
58 kg Kim Tae-hun
 South Korea
Jang Jun
 South Korea
Mikhail Artamonov
 Russia
68 kg Lee Dae-hoon
 South Korea
Zhao Shuai
 China
Alexey Denisenko
 Russia
80 kg Maksim Khramtsov
 Russia
Namgoong Hwan
 South Korea
Milad Beigi
 Azerbaijan
+80 kg In Kyo-don
 South Korea
Roman Kuznetsov
 Russia
Sajjad Mardani
 Iran

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg Kim So-hui
 South Korea
Vanja Stanković
 Serbia
Wenren Yuntao
 China
57 kg Irem Yaman
 Turkey
Zhou Lijun
 China
Luo Zongshi
 China
67 kg Ruth Gbagbi
 Ivory Coast
Guo Yunfei
 China
Oh Hye-ri
 South Korea
+67 kg Bianca Walkden
 Great Britain
Jackie Galloway
 United States
Nafia Kus
 Turkey

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)4217
2 Russia (RUS)1124
3 Turkey (TUR)1012
4 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Ivory Coast (CIV)1001
6 China (CHN)0325
7 Serbia (SRB)0101
 United States (USA)0101
9 Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
Totals (10 entries)88824


References

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  1. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  5. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.