Taekwondo Olympics qualifying streamed live

The World Taekwondo Federation streamed live coverage of its three-day European qualification tournament for the 2012 Olympic Games, which concluded in Kazan, Russia on Sunday.

The WTF delivered live streaming of the semi-finals, third-place matches and finals, as well as some of the preliminaries, via its online streaming platform, WTF-taekwondo.tv.

The WTF said the initiative was undertaken to serve increasing interest from the media and taekwondo fans.

The tournament provided the final chance for European athletes to secure their place at the 2012 Olympics in London and 120 athletes from 39 countries participated.