By james art 
The Open Championships of Taekwondo 2025 2025 ended at the Reno-Sparks Congress Center on Sunday.
The three -day tournament brought over 2000 competitors and 500 coaches from 75 different countries.
There were a lot of enthusiastic people there who brought a lot of passion to the tournament, and the organizers say that the fighters in the tournament put a lot of time to get to this point.
“Manage your vacation, manage your training, manage your excitement, your emotions, you cannot get too high or too low. So, it requires a lot of discipline – a lot of management, but then you also have to have fun. You have to enjoy the art of fighting, “said Sherman Nelson, Jr., director of US Athletes for US Taekwondo.
The tournament was a clamp style and Sunday included only athletes in the age group of 18 and above.
The competition was fierce as there were many members of the national team, world champions and even Olympians.
After all, many fighters are there to win not only for the rights of boasting, but also to strengthen their overall ranking and to work for an even more purpose.
“So when you win an G2 event, you get 20 points for a gold medal. As we work for the 2028 Olympics, these rankings matter, so people try to appoint their course and bet their claim for a space, for To be a high enough rank that you are automatically qualified for the Olympics, “said Sherman Nelson, Jr.
In some cases, fighters will have three or four games in one day before they reach the finals.
This can be extremely mentally and physically tiring, but for a competitor who won his division today, he says that intensive preparation pays off when it matters.
“I push myself as hard as I can every day in training, and then when I get here is so -I can let go. And I have no doubt in my mind that I am more fond of all because I work more justified than all Worldwide, “said CJ Nickolas, 2025 Taekwondo Open Championship Minus 80KG class winner in class.
Nicholas and many others at today’s tournament are now looking forward to future tournaments and saying that they will continue to work hard until the countdown to the 2028 Olympics continues.