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Fintan McCarthy believes he hasn't yet reached his potential and a forced switch to 'heavy-weight' rowing may be the key

Losing it: Trials of male athletes making weight

Olympic medallists Fintan McCarthy and Paddy Barnes, and two-time Olympian Jack Woolley share their experience of making weight in sport.

other sport • 13 Oct 24

Losing it: Trials of male athletes making weight

Olympic medallists Fintan McCarthy and Paddy Barnes, and two-time Olympian Jack Woolley share their experience of making weight in sport.

other sport • 11 Oct 24

Paris 2024 was Jack Woolley's second Olympics

Paris 2024: Woolley bows out after repechage loss

Jack Woolley saw his Olympics come to an end with a loss to Spain's Adrian Vicente Yunta in the first repechage round of taekwondo's men's 58kg division at Paris 2024.

Paris 2024 • 07 Aug 24

Jack Woolley was disappointed with performance in Tokyo but ambition hasn't changed.

Woolley seeking calm ahead of second shot at Olympics

Ireland's first Olympic taekwondo competitor Jack Woolley is determined to enjoy the experience in Paris, having made an early exit at Tokyo 2020.

other sport • 16 May 24

Jack Woolley (right) in action at the Tokyo Games in 2021

Woolley books ticket to Paris at taekwondo qualifiers

Jack Woolley has secured his place at the Paris Olympics at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification tournament in Bulgaria.

Olympics • 10 Mar 24

Jack Woolley lost his final but took Ireland's first medal of European Games

Jack Woolley takes silver for Ireland at European Games

Jack Woolley has claimed Ireland's first medal at the 2023 European Games, taking silver for Taekwondo in Poland.

other sport • 24 Jun 23

Jack Woolley has recounted experience of his assault in the early hours of Saturday

Olympian Woolley: Attack 'could have been much worse'

Irish Olympian Jack Woolley says he is recovering from surgery after being assaulted in Dublin city centre in the early hours of Saturday morning.

other sport • 17 Aug 21

Jack Woolley, in red, up against Lucas Guzman

Tokyo 2020: 'Devastated' Woolley loses Taekwondo bout

There was heartbreak for medal hopeful Jack Woolley as he lost his opening bout in the Taekwondo 58kg competition and was eliminated.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Woolley was the second Team Ireland athlete to be selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games

Ireland's taekwondo pioneer primed to make history

Jack Woolley's coach Robert Taaffe speaks to RTÉ Sport's Raf Diallo about settling into their Olympic environment and how primed the 2020 Games hopeful is to making a mark on Saturday as Ireland's first ever Olympian in taekwondo.

Tokyo 2020 • 21 Jul 21

Fernanda Aguirre in action at the Pan-American Games in 2019

Two athletes forced to withdraw from Games due to Covid

A Chilean taekwondo competitor and a Dutch skateboarder have withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19, officials said.

Olympics • 21 Jul 21

Jack Woolley

Jack Woolley was Ireland's first ever Olympian in taekwondo in 2020, he wants to make up for his disappointment in Tokyo by securing Ireland's first taekwondo medal.

Taekwondo • 22 Jul 24

Carlo Molfetta of Italy shows off his gold medal, while Anthony Obame shows off Gabon's first ever Olympic medal

Taekwondo: Obame wins Gabon's first Olympic medal

Anthony Obame earned Gabon's first Olympic medal on Saturday when he took silver in the taekwondo heavyweight division at the London Games, as Italian Carlo Molfetta took gold in the final.

Paris 2024 • 12 Aug 12

Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich soaks up the acclaim after claiming the gold medal

Taekwondo: Crismanich and Kyung-seon win gold

Argentina's Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich won the men's welterweight taekwondo gold medal by beating Nicolas Garcia Hemme of Spain in the final at the London Games.

Paris 2024 • 10 Aug 12

Jade Jones (R) lands a kick on Yuzhuo Hou

Taekwondo: Gold for Jones and Tazegul

Jade Jones won Britain's first ever taekwondo gold when she beat Yuzhuo Hou of China in the women's under-57kgs final at ExCeL.

Paris 2024 • 09 Aug 12

Wu Jingyu (R) took the women's -49kg gold

Taekwondo: Bonilla claims gold for Spain

World taekwondo champion Joel Gonzalez Bonilla claimed Olympic gold with victory over South Korean Lee Daehoon in the final of the men's flyweight under-58kg.

Paris 2024 • 08 Aug 12

Aaron Cook's exclusion from the Olympics looks set to lead to selection changes

Cook GB taekwondo row to spark reform

The bitter row over the non-selection of Aaron Cook has caused the British taekwondo team "unwanted and significant" distractions ahead of the Olympics, but UK Sport insist such controversies will be addressed for future Games.

Paris 2024 • 04 Jul 12

Aaron Cook must now come to terms with missing out on the London Olympics

Cook admits defeat in Taekwondo fight

Taekwondo world number one Aaron Cook has given up on a legal challenge to try and overturn his omission from the British team for the London Olympics, citing "prohibitive financial implications".

Paris 2024 • 29 Jun 12

Servet Tazegul (left) is tipped for gold in London

Guide to taekwondo at the Olympics

Find out more about taekwondo at the Olympics

Paris 2024 • 27 Jun 12

Taekwondo

Losing it: Trials of male athletes making weight

Losing it: Trials of male athletes making weight

Paris 2024: Woolley bows out after repechage loss

Woolley seeking calm ahead of second shot at Olympics

Woolley books ticket to Paris at taekwondo qualifiers

Jack Woolley takes silver for Ireland at European Games

Olympian Woolley: Attack 'could have been much worse'

Tokyo 2020: 'Devastated' Woolley loses Taekwondo bout

Ireland's taekwondo pioneer primed to make history

Two athletes forced to withdraw from Games due to Covid

Jack Woolley

Taekwondo: Obame wins Gabon's first Olympic medal

Taekwondo: Crismanich and Kyung-seon win gold

Taekwondo: Gold for Jones and Tazegul

Taekwondo: Bonilla claims gold for Spain

Cook GB taekwondo row to spark reform

Cook admits defeat in Taekwondo fight

Guide to taekwondo at the Olympics

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