Taekwondo players have headed to Spain for an end-of-year training camp ©World Taekwondo

Madrid municipality San Sebastián de los Reyes is hosting a winter training camp for taekwondo and is set to welcome 300 athletes from 26 countries.

A total of 60 international coaches are to be present at the camp too, which started today and is to end on Friday (December 30).

This has been organised by the Hankuk Club of San Sebastián de los Reyes for the 10th time.

As well as the training camp, the club is to host a tournament programme including matches, exhibitions and a seminar for coaches.

The World Taekwondo Championships took place in November ©World Taekwondo
The World Taekwondo Championships took place in November ©World Taekwondo

Club President Suvi Mikkonen said European, world and Olympic medallists are to participate in the event, saying the camp "has become a method that all the clubs and teams in the world want to learn".

The 2022 taekwondo season finished with the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals in Riyadh earlier this month, following on from the World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara last month.