2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

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2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
VenueWuxi Taihu International Expo Center
Location Wuxi, China
Dates12–16 December
Competitors128
Total prize money US$760,000
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The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China. [1] [2]

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Qualifications and seeding position

SeedResult
No. 1 Seed Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2017 Grand Slam champion
No. 2 Seed Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2018 Grand Prix Final champion
No. 3 Seed Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2017 Grand Slam runner-up
No. 4 Seed Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2018 Grand Prix Series 4 champion
No. 5 Seed Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 2018 Grand Prix Series 3 champion
No. 6 Seed Flag of Russia.svg 2018 Grand Prix Series 2 champion
No. 7 Seed Flag of Italy.svg 2018 Grand Prix Series 1 champion
No. 8 Seed Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament II
No. 9 Seed Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament I

Non Seeded Athletes are as follows:

Events schedule

The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December.

Event DateWeight Division
MenWomen
12-16 December-80 kg-67kg
+80kg+67kg
13-16 December-58kg-49kg
-68 kg-57kg

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
58 kgFlag of South Korea.svg  Jang Jun  (KOR)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Yushuai  (CHN)Flag of Iran.svg  Armin Hadipour  (IRI)
68 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Shuai  (CHN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bradly Sinden  (GBR)Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Dae-hoon  (KOR)
80 kgFlag of Russia.svg  Maksim Khramtsov  (RUS)Flag of South Korea.svg  Namgoong Hwan  (KOR)Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Milad Beigi  (AZE)
+80 kgFlag of Iran.svg  Sajjad Mardani  (IRI)Flag of South Korea.svg  In Kyo-don  (KOR)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Song Zhaoxiang  (CHN)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
49 kgFlag of Thailand.svg  Panipak Wongpattanakit  (THA)Flag of South Korea.svg  Ha Min-ah  (KOR)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tan Xueqin  (CHN)
57 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Lijun  (CHN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jade Jones  (GBR)Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Ah-reum  (KOR)
67 kgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lauren Williams  (GBR)Flag of Turkey.svg  Nur Tatar  (TUR)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ruth Gbagbi  (CIV)
+67 kgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bianca Walkden  (GBR)Flag of the United States.svg  Madelynn Gorman-Shore  (USA)Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Kowalczuk  (POL)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)2204
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)2125
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1326
4Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)1012
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1001
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1001
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0101
9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)0011
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (11 entries)88824

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