The camp took place at the Alassane Ouattara Ivorian-Korean Sports Centre in Abidjan ©Facebook/FITKD

The African Taekwondo Union (AFTU) and Ivorian Taekwondo Federation (FITKD) have staged a camp for young athletes featuring input from Olympic medallists.

The camp took place at the Alassane Ouattara Ivorian-Korean Sports Centre in Abidjan and aimed to aid the development of players aged 13 to 17.

Rio 2016 gold medallist Cheick Sallah Cissé and two-time Olympic bronze medallist Ruth Gbagbi - both Ivorian - offered advice to the youngsters as part of the camp.

Cissé and Gbagbi discussed high-performance sport and the pitfalls of social media.

The youngsters were also given a rules clinic by renowned referee Paul Darko, on top of other coaching.

Twenty young athletes took part, according to the FITKD.

They came from Chad, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Libya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the host nation.

AFTU vice-president Bamba Cheick Daniel - the former FITKD leader - AFTU secretary general Balla Dièye and National Olympic Committee of the Ivory Coast President Georges Joseph N'Goan were among the officials present for the opening of the camp.

AFTU officials also met with current FITKD President Jean-Marc Yace and Sports Minister Claude Paulin Danho on the Ivorian trip.