New and sometimes less popular sports for television are always under threat to be removed from the Olympic card, while sports not in the Olympics vie to be added.

Problems surfaced at the Athens Olympics with some referee decisions and angry coaches.

Taekwando was introduced at the 2000 Sydney Games. Even though the sport originates from Korea, other countries perform well. Olympic hosts China, have medal hopes through women’s heavyweight champion Chen Zhong and flyweight Wu Jingyu.

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