The Freestyle class requires a higher level of difficultythan the Recognized class, in which the Vietnamese team had earlier won asilver in the preliminary round and a bronze in the final.
A total of 20 teams, including 18 from the host country, onefrom Italy, and one from Vietnam, competed in the Freestyle class.
Vietnam defeated the Italian team to take the gold in the preliminaryround. In the final, both Vietnam and Italy clinched a bronze, ranking aftertwo Korean teams.
The 2023 World Taekwondo Demonstration Team Championships isone of the four events held at the 2023 Gangwon-Chuncheon World Taekwondo CulturalFestival, which is taking place from August 18 to 24./.