14:52
11 months ago
Owen Lloyd
at the Main Media Centre in Hangzhou
Owen  Lloyd

Park prevails in taekwondo thriller for South Korea

South Korean Park Hye-jin has won a captivating back-and-forth battle to clinch the women's under-53kg gold medal.

She went up against Chinese Taipei's Lin Wei-chun, taking the first round 7-6 despite finding herself down 6-3 with just 10 seconds remaining.

Two quick body kicks changed that, however.

Lin then produced a comeback of her own in the second, surging from a 7-4 deficit to a 9-7 triumph.

Park then stamped her authority on the third round to go up by three with just seconds remaining and held off the fightback to win 12-9, giving her an exciting 2-1 victory overall.


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