[올림픽] Taekwondo’s Kim Yu-jin wins the 57kg class for the first time in 16 years… Korea, 13th gold medal in competition (approx) | happy news

Overpowering all 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th places in the world rankings… ‘Golden kicks’ in Taekwondo for two consecutive days

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Yujin Kim’s gold medal!

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = After Korea’s Kim Yu-jin defeated Iran’s Nahid Kiyanichande and won the gold medal in the women’s 57kg final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Taekwondo a was held at the Grand Palais Taekwondo Stadium in Paris, France on the 8th (local time). 2024.8.9 hama@yna.co.kr

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Kim Yu-jin (23, Ulsan City Sports Council) won the women’s 57kg class at the 2024 Paris Olympics by defeating all 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th ranked player in the world, bringing ‘golden luck’ to Korean Taekwondo for two consecutive days.

Kim Yu-jin defeated Nahid Kiyanichande (Iran, 2nd place) with a round score of 2-0 (5-1 9-0) in the final of the tournament held at the Grand Palais in Paris , in France on the 8th (local time).

Kim Yu-jin, who defeated Hatidze Ilgyun (Turkey, 5th place) in the round of 16 and Skyler Park (Canada, 4th place) in the quarterfinals, also defeated Luo Zhongshi (China, 1st place), who is considered the strongest in her weight class, in the semi-finals and defeated Kiyani. Yujin Kim is ranked 24.

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Korean Taekwondo won gold medals for two days in a row, following the victory of Park Tae-jun (Kyung Hee University) in the men’s 58kg class the previous day.

In addition, she won a gold medal in the women’s 57kg class at the Olympics for the first time in 16 years since Lim Soo-jung at the 2008 Beijing Games.

After Sydney in 2000 (Jae-eun Jeong) and Athens in 2004 (Ji-won Jang), there were three consecutive gold medal winners in this weight class, including Soo-jeong Lim, but it did not come medals to the Tokyo 2020 Games.

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Kim Yu-jin avoids Kiyani Chande’s attack

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Nahid Kiyanichande of Iran avoids an attack in the women’s 57kg final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Taekwondo held at the Grand Palais Taekwondo Stadium in Paris, France on the 8th (local time). 2024.8.9 hama@yna.co.kr

Kim Yu-jin continues the ‘golden streak’ again after 16 years.

As a strong fight continued in the first part of the first round, Kiyani Chande could not find a way to attack because of the check of Kim Yu-jin, whose height is 183 cm.

Instead, he struggled, scoring three takedowns starting with 13 seconds left in the round.

Kim Yu-jin, who took the first round 5-1, took the lead with a successful attack 34 seconds into the second round.

Afterwards, he used long legs to neutralize the opponent’s attacks, and successfully attacked his torso twice.

Kiyanichande, who became desperate, was taken out twice with 24 seconds to go, and when the gap widened to 0-9 with 6 seconds to go, he gave up the game and accepted the result.

As a result, Korean Taekwondo, which did not win gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, has already regained its status as a leading nation by winning gold medals in both weight classes.

Korea won two gold medals in Taekwondo at the 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The highest score ever was 4 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Yujin Kim kicks the gold medal

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Kim Yu-jin of Korea kicks the gold medal to Nahid Kiyanichande of Iran in the final of the women’s taekwondo 57 kg class at the 2024 Olympics in Paris held at the Grand Palais Taekwondo Stadium in Paris, France on the 8th (local time). 2024.8.9 hama@yna.co.kr

In addition, the Korean team won its 13th gold medal, tying the record for most gold medals in a single competition (13) set at the 2008 Beijing Games and the London Games 2012.

Kim Yu-jin, who gave Korea a valuable gold medal, was in the top 5 in the world ranking, unlike her partners Park Tae-jun (Kyung Hee University, 5th place), Seo Geon-woo (Korea National Sports University). and Lee Da-bin (Seoul Metropolitan City Hall, 4th place), who entered the Korea Taekwondo Association’s mainland selection competition after additional qualification rounds, participated in the – Olympics.

Last March, she defeated Julie Mom (Cambodia) in the semi-finals of the Asian Trials held in Tai’an, China, and secured a ticket to Paris, which will be awarded to the top two players in each weight class.

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2024/08/09 05:04 Sent