Korea wins 12th gold medal at Paris Olympics.

 

 

 

 

Park Tae-jun (right) hits Gasim Magomedov (Azerbaijan) in the face with a roundhouse kick in the men's 58kg class final match at the Paris Olympics on the 8th. Park Tae-jun won by a forfeit with 1 minute and 2 seconds left in the second round, giving the Korean team its 12th gold medal at this competition. 

 

Park Tae-jun (20) has opened a new page in the history of Korean Taekwondo by becoming the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in the men's 58kg class at the Olympics. With this gold medal, Korea, the home of Taekwondo, has shaken off the disgrace of not having a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. This is the 12th gold medal for the Korean team

 

at the Paris Olympics. On the 8th, Park Tae-jun won by withdrawal with 1 minute and 2 seconds left in the second round against Gasim Magomedov (Azerbaijan) in the final of the men's 58kg class Taekwondo at the Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. Park Tae-jun, who won the first round 9-0, was leading 13-1 in the second round before Magomedov withdrew. When Magomedov injured his left shin during a kick early in the first round, the match became one-sided for Park Tae-jun.

 

Park Tae-jun resumed Korea's Olympic gold medal streak in taekwondo at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Games, but Tokyo was the first time Korea failed to win a gold medal.

 

Park Tae-jun also became the first Korean athlete to win the men's 58kg class. Korean taekwondo had won 12 gold, 3 silver, and 7 bronze medals up until the previous Tokyo Games, but had not won a gold medal in this event. The previous best performance was the silver medal won by MBC commentator Lee Dae-hoon (retired) at the 2012 London Games.

 

Park Tae-jun also became the first Korean male athlete to stand on the highest Olympic podium in 16 years. The previous gold medals by Korean male athletes were Son Tae-jin (68kg) and Cha Dong-min (over 80kg) at the 2008 Beijing Games. 토토사이트