High motivation for poomsae team to kick into world’s top five

All the right moves: (from left) Wong Zin, Seah Jin Ying and Yow Mei Yee in action en route to winning gold at the Thailand SEA Games.

KUALA LUMPUR: The world rankings for taekwondo kick into gear this year and the Malaysian poomsae team have their eyes set on getting into the top five.

National coach Yap Yih Tiing said the focus will be on strengthening the team’s freestyle poomsae performances without neglecting preparations for the recognised pattern events.