A message from our World Champion…

Dear Friends,

As you may of heard I fought well, first defeating Russia then Finland.  Both competitors were inexperienced and this helped me to comfortably win with about tens points in front.  The final was against Iran, a very strong taekwondo country were it is a national sport.  After the first round we were tied on points and then in the second I  gained my rhythm to take a lead.  My competitor fought hard in the third round though I held him off to comfortably win the first “Para Taekwondo Gold Medal” for Australia.

A special thanks goes to Carlo my instructor for offering a great training program (specifically this year were the program has given the fighters the best environment to maximise their training and development) and to Henk Meijer, who without his exceptional couching I not so sure I would have won.

Talk to you all soon.

Cheers Steve

Steven Currie receiving his gold medal in St Petersburg