Park Tae-jun Advances to Taekwondo Finals at Paris 2024 Olympics: Aiming for Historic Gold Medal

Park Tae-jun of the Korean Taekwondo team is happy after winning his match against Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi of Tunisia in the men’s 58kg semi-final match at the Paris 2024 Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris , in France on the 7th (Korean time). 2024.8.7/News 1 Korean Taekwondo pioneer Park Tae-jun (20, Kyung Hee University) advanced to the finals of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Taejun Park, who retained the silver medal, aims for the first gold medal His Olympic in eight years since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Taekwondo Park of the Republic of Korea national taekwondo team competes against Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi of Tunisia in the men’s 58kg semifinals at the Paris 2024 Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 7th (Korean time). 2024.8.7/News1 ⓒ News1
Taejun Park, who is ranked 5th in the Olympic world rankings, defeated Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi (1st place, Tunisia) in the men’s 58kg Taekwondo semi-finals held at the Grand Palais Stadium in Paris, in France on the 7th (local time) with a round score of 2-0 (6-2 13).

The final opponent will be the winner of the semi-final between Tokyo Olympic gold medalists Vito Delacquila (Italy, 4th place) and Gasim Magomedov (Azerbaijan, 26th place). The finals will be held on the 8th at 4:37am Korean time.

ⓒNewsis A Korean athlete has never won a gold medal in the 58kg class. Daehoon Lee’s best result is the silver medal he won at the London 2012 Games. three years ago, to restore his reputation.

Taejun Park was first selected as a member of the national team in 2022 while attending Hanseong High School, and this will be his first Olympic appearance. Park Taejun earned a ticket to Paris by scoring two wins against senior national team Jang Jun (24) in the national team selection match (2 wins out of 3) held in February -year.

Kim So-young, Donga.com reporter sykim41@donga.com