On the evening of May 19, local time in Manchester, the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships successfully concluded. At the closing ceremony, Mayor of Manchester handed the flag of the World Taekwondo Championships to representatives of Wuxi, the host city of the next session, at the Manchester Arena, marking the "Wuxi Time" for the event.
World Taekwondo Championships, held every two years and consisting of eight weight classes for men and women, is the world's largest and oldest elite taekwondo athletic competition, second only to the Olympic Games in the G12 category. Wuxi outbid three other cities to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships at the All-Hands Executive Committee Meeting of the World Taekwondo Federation in the United Arab Emirates, November 21, 2018.
During the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, President Thomas Bach of International Olympic Committee met with a delegation from Wuxi Municipal Government to congratulate Wuxi on winning the right to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. "I expect Wuxi to host a wonderful and successful World Taekwondo Championships," he said. In the face of the invitation from our city, he expressed his pleasure to participate in the World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi. Deputy Mayor Liu Xia, on behalf of Wuxi Municipal Government, made a special trip to Manchester to attend the flag receiving ceremony at the closing ceremony of the World Taekwondo Championships.
