Taekwondoin Match 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China (CHN), Korea (KOR) and IR Iran 

Win Gold medals In Taekwondo

In

Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

China (CHN), Korea (KOR) and IR Iran (IRI) taekwondoin shared gold medals on the third day of the 2018 Asian Games held at the Jakarta Convention Center Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday afternoon.

The three athletes won gold from three numbers competed in the kyorugi category.

In the women’s +67 kg, South Korean athlete Dabin Lee successfully brought home the gold medal after beating Cansel Daniz from Kazakhstan with a score of 27-21.

While in the women’s -57, the match between Ahreum Lee from Korea and Zongshi Luo from China went dramatically.

With the score level at 4-4 until a few seconds before the match ended, Zongshi managed to take advantage of Lee's negligence.

Lee, who managed to get points from a direct hit, was countered by Zongshi with a kick that coincided with the end of the match.Zongshi beat Lee 6-5.

While in the men’s +80 kg, the match between Uzbekistan’s taekwondoin Dmitriy Shokin against Saeid Rajabi from IR Iran was no less interesting.

After drawing 1-1 in three rounds, the match entered the extra round.Rajabi won gold with a 2-1 victory over Shokin.