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WTF
Newsletter - SportAccord Combat Games Special Edition
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This newsletter
provides you with background information and news on the WTF
activties and upcoming taekwondo events
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The taekwondo
competition at the 1st SportAccord Combat Games was successfully held
in Beijing, China on Sept. 2, 2010.
The one-day taekwondo competition of the inaugural event, which
featured eight Olympic weight categories and took place at the
Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, drew a total of
58 athletes from 26 countries.
Out of the 26 countries, 17 countries won at least one medal at the
taekwondo competition, showing an even level of taekwondo techniques
among countries.
According to the medal tally in the women's division, Korea and Chinese Taipei topped other
countries as they each won one gold and one bronze medal, followed by
Spain and Great Britain
with one gold medal each.
In the men's category, Spain
and Iran
each won one gold and one silver, topping other nations. Korea and Italy followed with one
gold and one bronze each.
In the women's -57kg weight category, Chinese Taipei's Tseng Pei Hua
outpointed Israel's
Bat-El Gatterer 6-5 in the final match for the gold medal. Tseng, the
bronze medal winner at the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark,
advanced to the final match as she easily beat his semifinal
opponent, Italy's
Veronica Calabrese, 6-3.
The bronze medal in the women's category went to Italy's Veronica Calabrese and Egypt's
Mohamed Yasser Hend.
In the men's -68kg weight division, Korea's
Son Tae-jin beat Iran's
Reza Naderian 6-3 in the final match for the gold medal. Son, the
gold medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, advanced to the
final round as he outpointed his semifinal opponent, Balla Dieye from
Senegal.
Huang Jiannan of China
and Balla Dieye of Senegal
grabbed the bronze medal each in the men's division.
In the women's -67kg weight category, Korea's
Hwang Kyung-seon easily beat Croatia's Petra
Matijasevic 6-0 in the final match for the gold medal. Hwang, the
gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the gold medalist
at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships, reached the final match as
she brushed aside a stiff challenge from Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chia
Chia in the semifinal match.
The bronze medal in the women's category went to Chuang Chia Chia
from Chinese Taipei and Khaoula Ben Hamza from Tunisia.
In the men's -80kg weight division, Iran's
Masoud Hajizavareh beat Spain's Nicolas Garcia
Hemme 3-2 in the final match for the gold medal. Hajizavareh advanced
to the final round as he outpointed 6-5 his semifinal opponent, Mauro
Sarmiento from Italy.
Mauro Sarmiento of Italy
and Kim Joon-tae of Korea
won the bronze medal each in the men's division.
In the women's -49kg weight category, Spain's
Brigida Yague Enrique needed a fourth sudden-death round to beat Thailand's
Buttree Puedpong in the final match for the gold medal.
The bronze medal in the women's category went to China's Wu Jingyu, the gold medalist
at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and France's Yasmina Zora
Aziez.
In the men's -58kg weight division, Spain's
Joel Gonzalez Bonilla easily beat Mexico's Guillermo Perez
Sandoval in the final match for the gold medal.
Chutchawal Khawlaor of Thailand and Sherif
Shaaban of Egypt took home the bronze medal each in the men's
division.
In the women's +67kg weight category, Great
Britain's Bianca Michaela Walkden earned her
country the first gold medal at the event with a superiority victory
over France's
Gwladys Epangue.
The bronze medal in the women's category went to Korea's An Sae-bom and Mexico's
Maria del Rosario Espinoza.
In the men's +80kg weight division, Italy's Leonardo Basile won the
gold medal as he earned the first point in the fourth sudden-death
round in the final match against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov.
China's Hu Yaxin and Russia's
Roman Kuznetsov grabbed the bronze medal each in the men's division.
The WTF Taekwondo Presentation Team made three taekwondo
demonstrations at the competition venue, drawing big applause from
the spectators.
An instant video replay system and an electronic protector and
scoring system (PSS) were used at the taekwondo competition.
For further
information, please contact Mr. Seokjae Kang, WTF PR
Director, at pr@wtf.org .
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Building 113, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Korea
Email: wtf@wtf.org
, Tel: +82 2 566 25 05
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