Youth Sports - Locals Bring Home Medals from U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships

Heavy Medal! Local Phoenix Taekowondo athletes show off their medals won at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships: (L-R) Master Min Park, Master Se-myong Lim, Brandon Ivey, Adrienne Ivey, Michael LeVan, Christian Yun, and Master Alex Kim. Photo courtesy of Dan LeVan .

(Feb. 25, 2010) - Four Loudoun County students recently competed at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championship hosted by USA Taekwondo held in Las Vegas on Feb. 10-14 and all four brought home medals.

The international tournament was attended by about 64 countries and thousands of athletes including Olympians that participated at the last Summer Olympics. The highly-competitive meet featured 30+ national and international athlethes in each division.

The medal winners -- Adrienne Ivey, Brandon Ivey, Michael LeVan and Christian Yun -- are members of the Sparring Elite Team and students of Phoenix Taekwondo locatd in Ashburn.