The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has secured funding from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) for Australian athletes to compete in the 2009 WTF World Championships being held in Copenhagen in October.
The AOC is the interim governing body for the sport of Taekwondo in Australia.
As a result of this announcement, STA will immediately re-open entries to the World Championship Selections Event being conducted in Canberra on 16 August, in case some athletes did not enter knowing they could not self-fund the approximately $5000 cost of participating in the WTF World Championships.
Athletes have until noon (AEST) on Saturday, 8 August, to submit an entry to the Selection Event if they would now like to enter.
The funding from the ASC will be applied to the costs of entry fees, airfare, accommodation, meals and ground transportation associated with an athlete’s participation in the 2009 WTF World Championships as determined by the ASC.
The winners of each weight division at the Canberra Selections Event will be eligible to have costs covered by ASC Funding, subject to an international performance standard validation undertaken by the Taekwondo Independent Advisory Steering Committee.
The Taekwondo Independent Advisory Steering Committee will comprise of an AOC appointed representative, an ASC appointed representative, and an independent representative based on the recommendation of the ASC and AOC.
Athletes who do not meet the international performance standard will not be eligible to receive ASC Funding and will be required to fund the cost of attending the Championships (as was the case prior to ASC Funding being made available).
The ASC Funding will be administered by the ASC - the AOC will not receive any funding as it is financially independent of all government funding.
Olympics Australia
ASC Funding for Taekwondo World Championships
