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Ara White Earns Two G-2 Medals in Australia

At end of June, the Gold Coast of Australia hosted two separate G-2 level international taekwondo tournaments, and Ara White from U.S. Best earned a medal at each one. While winning even one G-2 medal is difficult enough, Ara showed … Continue reading

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T-1 Athlete Medals at 2019 Roma Grand Prix

At the 2019 Roma Grand Prix in early June, Anastasija Zolotic became the only US athlete to podium in sparring, earning bronze. Zolotic, at age 16, has only just reached eligibility to compete as a senior in 2019. As one … Continue reading

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Zolotic Wins Gold Medal at World Taekwondo Junior Championships

T-1 recently welcomed a freshly minted Junior World gold medalist home from her week in Hammamet, Tunisia April 4-12, 2018. Anastasija Zolotic not only won her -52 kg division in the Junior World Championships, she also won gold in the … Continue reading

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Successes in Costa Rica!

Over the week from August 28 to September 3, 2017, several US Best athletes won or placed in their divisions at two major international tournaments hosted in Costa Rica. The Pan American Cadet & Junior and Para Taekwondo Championships came … Continue reading

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Successes at 2017 Spanish Open G1

Several T-1 athletes represented the United States and US Best Taekwondo Center at the recent Spanish Open in Alicante, Spain on March 24-26, 2017 — winning three gold medals. Ara White won senior GOLD in the featherweight women’s division (-57 … Continue reading

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T-1 Trained in Madrid, Spain — Dec 26-30, 2016

For the third year in a row, T-1 competition team members crossed the ocean this holiday season between Christmas and New Year to train alongside more than a dozen other countries at Hankuk International School in Madrid, Spain. T-1 participated … Continue reading

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T-1 Outstanding in Mexico, June 2016

Seven T-1 athletes competed in Mexico from June 8-12 at the Pan American Senior Kyorugi & Poomsae Championships G4 and the 2016 Pan Am International Open G2. Ara White and Shelby Bourgeois had qualified to compete in the elite G4 … Continue reading

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2016 USAT National Team Member

In May, 2016 T-1 team member Ara White won the -57kg senior female division of USA Taekwondo National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, CO — earning the spot of 2016 National Team Member for USAT. She will represent the United … Continue reading

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T-1 Athletes to Compete in Germany

T-1 athletes are set to travel to Hamburg, Germany to compete at the German Open international Taekwondo competition with the national Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team. Ara White, Shelby Bourgeois, Belle Hrunka and Anastasija Zolotic will be competing for titles … Continue reading

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