Kh.Enkhtuya and G.Bolor-Erdene are favourites to defend their titles, when the biggest Para taekwondo competition in Asia gets underway on 1^st July in Chuncheon, South Korea.

Around 90 athletes are expected to battle at the third World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Asian Para Taekwondo Open, including participants from 11 Asian countries.

The 2016 Asian Open saw the emergence of Kh.Enkhtuya as she won the women’s up to 49kg K44. She starts her title defence with a tough match against the 2015 world champion Busra Gor of Turkey.

World No.1 and world champion G.Bolor-Erdene remains the one to beat in the men’s up to 61kg K44, having won every Asian Open since its creation in 2015. The main threats to the Mongolian retaining his title are world No.2 Askhat Akmatov of Russia and home favourite Kook-hyun Han.