Objective of the study was to analyze the national women`s taekwondo team`s competitive progress in the top-ranking International Taekwondo Federation events and its contribution to the total national (men`s plus women`s) team standing. Methods and structure of the study. We analyzed for the purposes of the study the main International Taekwondo Federation events in 2017-19 including World Championships, World Cups, European Championships, Russian Championships and Russian Cups. Subject to the retrospective analysis were the competitive performances of the regional taekwondo team in the Russian and global events. All these events are highly competitive. The gender-specific competitive performance analysis factored in the numbers of the women`s and men`s teams and medal standings in every competitive discipline. Results and conclusions. The Saint Petersburg men`s and women`s taekwondo teams` competitive performance analysis found more than a half of the medals in the top-ranking 2017-18 events won by the women`s team - and this means that the national sport community shall give a special priority to the progress needs of the women`s taekwondo for success of the national team on the whole. In view of the growing competitiveness in the elite women`s taekwondo, the training systems need to be improved based on the knowledge and practical experience of the training process cycling with a special attention to the precompetitive training stages. The training systems shall be customized to the specific needs of every training period with a priority to the individual competitive fitness in every period, target individual/ team disciplines and rankings of the upcoming competitions. A special priority will be given to the functionality building components for success in every discipline of the women`s taekwondo.
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