Cambodia, Mali, Panama and Yemen have received one invitational Olympic taekwondo ticket, better known as "wild card," each for the 2012 London Olympic Games, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) said.

The decision was made on April 14 after months of Tripartite Commission meetings among the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), and the WTF.

With the wild-card allocation, the taekwondo competition of the London Olympic Games will feature 128 athletes from a total of 63 countries and regions. It compares with 64 countries and regions at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 60 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 51 at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Among the wild-card recipients are Cambodia's Davin Sorn, ranked 51st in the women's +67kg on the WTF Olympic World Ranking and the fourth placer at the Asian Qualification Tournament for the London Olympic Games; Mali's Daba Modibo Keita, ranked 42nd in the men's +80kg and third placer at the African Olympic qualification tournament. Mali's Keita was the world champion in 2007 and 2009.

The other two wild-card holders are Panama's Carolena Jean Carstens Salceda, ranked 13th in the women's -49kg and fourth finisher at the Pan American Olympic qualification tournament; and Yemen's Tameem Al-Kubati, ranked 167th in the men's -58kg and a round-of-16 placer at the Asian Olympic qualification tournament.

Of the 63 countries and regions, 10 are qualified to send their athletes to the taekwondo competition of the Olympic Games for the first time. They are Cambodia, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Grenada, Jamaica, Panama, Armenia, Serbia, Samoa, and Algeria.

Six countries won four berths for the taekwondo competition at the London Olympic Games. They are Mexico, the United States, Russia, Egypt, South Korea, and Britain. A country can send a maximum four taekwondo athletes to the taekwondo competition of the London Olympic Games.

A total of 15 countries and regions took three tickets each for the London Olympic Games. They are China, Chinese Taipei, Iran, Jordan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Canada, Cuba, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, New Zealand and Morocco.