Hadi Saei, Men’s -80kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 22nd, 2008

Hadi Saei, Men鈥檚 -80kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Hadi Saei of Iran defeated Mauro Sarmiento of Italy in the Men’s -80kg Taekwondo final to secure the gold. Steven Lopez from the United States and Zhu Guo from China took bronze.

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Hwang Kyung-seon, Women’s -67kg Champion [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 22nd, 2008

Hwang Kyung-seon, Women鈥檚 -67kg Champion [Taekwondo]

Hwang Kyung-seon from Korea defeated Karine Sergerie of Canada to bag the Women’s -67kg Taekwondo gold at the Beijing Olympics. Patience Gwladys Epangue of France and Sandra Saric of Croatia had bronze.

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Son Tae-jin, Men’s -68kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 21st, 2008

Son Tae-jin, Men鈥檚 -68kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Son Tae-jin of the Republic of Korea defeated Mark Lopez of the United States to capture the Men’s -68kg Taekwondo gold medal. Sung Yu-Chi of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and Servet Tazegul of Turkey took bronze.

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Lim Su-jeong, Women’s -57kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 21st, 2008

Lim Su-jeong, Women鈥檚 -57kg Gold [Taekwondo]
Lim Su-jeong poses with her gold medal. (Photo credit: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Lim Su-jeong of Korea defeated Azize Tanrikulu of Turkey to claim the Women’s -57kg Taekwondo gold medal. Croatia’s Martina Zubcic and American Diana Lopez landed bronze.

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Mexican Guillermo Perez, Men’s 55kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 20th, 2008

Mexican Guillermo Perez, Men鈥檚 55kg Gold [Taekwondo]

Mexican Guillermo Perez of Mexico defeated Gabriel Yulis Mercedes of the Dominican Republic to claim the Men’s 55kg taekwondo title. Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan and Chu Mu-yen of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) had bronze.

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Wu Jingyu, Women’s -49kg Taekwondo Champion [Taekwondo]

Taekwondo, News August 20th, 2008

Wu Jingyu, Women鈥檚 -49kg Taekwondo Champion [Taekwondo]

Chinese Wu Jingyu was the Women’s -49kg Taekwondo Champion. She defeated Buttree Puedpong of Thailand 1-(-1) to win the gold. Dalia Contreras Rivero of Venezuela and Daynellis Montejo of Cuba scored bronze.

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