2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
Hong Kong
Team USA - 2nd Place Team Standing
Grateful for the opportunity to lead this team as head coach ... congratulations to each and every member of Team USA on our history-making performance, placing 2nd in the world, the best ever for Team USA Poomsae. We finished with 17 official medals (8 🥇, 4 🥈and 4 🥉) at the largest worlds ever.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone at
@usatkd.official and head of team Eric Wininger for the support and for being partners in making this team a reality.
To our coaches
@mteam.huy , Barbara Brand, Jung Hwan Jin,
@poomsaemasterlee , Giduk Gun,
@ayyayem , once again we had an "Avengers" team of superhero coaches, the best in the world IMO.
To our captains, led by
@yaoyaopai and
@katdo777 , thanks for willing the loudest cheering in the world for 5 straight days to fill the stadium with our voices.
To my
@t.bostkd athletes
@cfu2 @m_yerick @klu1623 @kyrachxn @lrosenz.bbb @eliz.zou zou, so proud of you for representing well and for your partnership day in and day out. Our relationships matter more than anything to me.
Thanks Jan Trigg for your tireless work for the team, you went so far above and beyond for months leading up the event, and to Doc Sherri LaShomb for being there for the athletes over very long days out in the hot sun and for helping us for so many years to our best performances.
To our parent liasons Yea Real, Ronan Tirol Reclusado, and Gina Hwang, thanks for keeping the team well fed and supporting the team on site.
Thank you to everyone at
@panamerican_taekwondo_union deveoping poomsae in the PATU region making it a priority for current and future events.
To the amazing OC
@hktkda in Hong Kong, thanks for putting on a great event! You all worked through some challenging logistics to deliver a wonderful event for each and every country.
Finally, to the three wise men, Ron Southwick, David J. Turgeon and Garth Cooley, thanks for setting the example and keeping the precious culture of USA Poomsae alive for the past 2 decades.
PC:
@o.m.images
@worldtaekwondo @hktkda_worldchamp
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