Tag: Olympic Taekwondo
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Gabon celebrates first medal in Olympic history
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: Gabon, The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) today hailed the London 2012 taekwondo tournament as the “best Olympic taekwondo competition yet”, with 24 medals already distributed among 17 nations, and more to come in today’s final two sessions. There are still eight medals up for grabs on day four of…
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Argentina’s first gold of the London Olympics
London – GBR, August 10, 2012: Crismanich, A golden night for Korea and Argentina saw the energy of the first two days of competition at the taekwondo venue of the London 2012 Olympic Games carry over to a third. Sebastian Crismanich of Argentina captured not only his nation’s first gold medal in taekwondo at the…
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Jade Jones’ Gold Makes Olympic History
London – GBR, August 09, 2012: Day two of taekwondo at the London Olympic Games brought waves of Great Britain’s Union Flag and massive cheers as Jade Jones took the gold medal in the women’s -57kg final to go with her historic Youth Olympic Games gold medal from Singapore 2010. Jones, making history by capturing…
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Taekwondo’s in London Energizes the ExCel Center
London – GBR, August 08, 2012 London – Day one of the Taekwondo competitions of the London 2012 Olympic Games found energized audiences and incredible displays of athleticism as the Women’s -49kg and Men’s -58kg battled it out for their Olympic dreams at the ExCel Center. Wowing fans in a sold out venue, Wu Jin…