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| World Taekwondo President Choue Chung-won / Courtesy of World Taekwondo |
By Jung Min-ho
World Taekwondo (WT), the sport's global governing body, has significantly improved its position in the latest governance review of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).
According to the review published Tuesday, WT moved up two notches in the overall score to rank with World Athletics, World Sailing, the International Table Tennis Federation, the International Fencing Federation and three others in the second tier, "A2," from the bottom "C" only three years ago.
The review shows that WT improved in all five evaluation sections ― transparency, integrity, democracy, development and control mechanisms. This comes after WT addressed many of the areas for improvement that were identified by ASOIF's 2018 review.
WT President Choue Chung-won congratulated all members for the accomplishment, a result of the organization's comprehensive reform efforts over the past four years.
"World Taekwondo is committed to implementing the highest standards of good governance," Choue said. "We are therefore delighted to see that our hard work is paying off and has been recognized in the latest ASOIF governance review.
"We know that there is still room for improvement and we remain dedicated to establishing World Taekwondo as a leading international federation in good governance and sustainability. We will evaluate the results of this review in great detail and determine how we can enhance our governance further.
"We have already developed plans to implement a number of reforms, such as the introduction of a dedicated integrity unit, which will help us to continue to improve our practices and standards to reach the highest levels of governance and integrity."
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