Tag Archives: Taekwondo

Medal rush for Brunei Poomsae team

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was medals galore for the national taekwondo Poomsae team at the Sehan University President Taekwondo Championships over the weekend. Four athletes – Siblings Hyde Nathania, Nachman and Natrisha Hijium and Ahmad Zahid Borhan – amassed a total of two gold, three silver and one bronze medals at Yeongam-gun in South Korea.…

July 31, 2023

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Brunei taekwondo team win 1 gold and 1 bronze

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national taekwondo team marked their return to the global stage with a haul of one gold and one bronze at the 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo Hanmadang. Juliana Abas finished the top of the podium for the gold in the Long Jump Kick Junior 2 category with a height…

July 22, 2023

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Know Your Athlete: Hyde Nathania Hijium

Hyde Nathania Hijium was previously into track and field and even won medals for the school team before getting into the national taekwondo team. The 22-year-old is the eldest among three siblings and is currently studying civil engineering at Politeknik Brunei. She is the first Poomsae (artistic) athlete in Brunei and she took some time…

May 17, 2020

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Brunei athletes find ways to stay in shape

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT’S been over three weeks since all national training sessions have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. However, that hasn’t stopped our national athletes from staying at the top of their game. We at BruSports News had a chance to catch up with some of them recently to…

April 5, 2020

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