(Oct 13, 2025) - World Taekwondo has launched an innovative initiative providing the top 10 ranked athletes in each Olympic and Paralympic weight category with free access to competition footage for use on social media.
This will be introduced for the first time at the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships, and will make World Taekwondo the first International Federation to grant official rights holder status to its athletes.
Competition footage will be available for athletes from the World Taekwondo Championships, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Challenge events, underlining World Taekwondo’s commitment to increasing the visibility and reach of its athletes and major events through social media.
It will additionally help to promote World Taekwondo events by encouraging improved collaborations between athletes and World Taekwondo’s social media platforms.
The footage will be produced by World Taekwondo’s broadcast partners from around the world, and athletes will be provided with clear guidelines to support them in maximising this opportunity. This will include coaching on best practices for content creation, copyright legislation and music licensing.
World Taekwondo recognises the inspiring achievements of elite Taekwondo athletes from around the world, and this initiative will empower them to build the profiles of themselves and the sport.
“World Taekwondo is thrilled to offer professional broadcasting footage of competition to our top 10 athletes for use on their social media,” World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said.
“We are committed to bringing Taekwondo to the screens of younger, wider and more diverse audiences leading up to an exciting Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
“Social media is a crucial way to connect with those audiences, and I am confident this initiative will offer both our athletes and our sport the increased visibility they deserve.”
All other athletes, Member National Associations and non-rights holding production companies will have the opportunity to purchase competition footage for use on social media.
Athletes can begin the process by contacting it@worldtaekwondo.org.
