Beijing time on July 27 news, Tokyo Olympic Taekwondo competition in the Makuhar International Convention and Exhibition Center began the fourth day of competition, women's 67 kg or more 1/4 final, China's Zheng Shuyin upset the 19-year-old French young player Laurin, did not qualify for the final four, so that the three Olympic champions of the Chinese taekwondo team Wu Jingyu, Zhao Shuai and Zheng Shuyin failed to defend the title, only Zhao Shuai won a bronze medal.
Olympic Taekwondo Women's Over 67 kg is the dominant level for the Chinese team, reaching the top three times in the course of the past five Olympic Games. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Henan teenager Chen Zhong, who was only 18 years old at the time, successfully struck a blow and won the championship at this level. Four years later in Athens, Chen Zhong lived up to expectations and successfully defended his title by defeating Brazil's Natalia Silva in the final.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chen Zhong, who played at home, although he had some injuries, had ambitions to hit the triple crown. In the quarterfinals, Chen Zhong defeated Britain's Stevenson 1-0 to advance to the final four. However, after the game, the British team appealed successfully, making Stevenson's head score in the head of The Kick before the finale was effective, so that the score between Chen Zhong and Stevenson was changed from 1-0 to 1-2, and finally Chen Zhong did not qualify for the semi-finals.
Mexico's Espinosa defeated Norway's Solheim to win the gold medal, while Stevenson failed to reach the final and won a bronze medal. At the London Olympics, no Chinese team participated in the competition for this level, and Serbia's Mandric was proud.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zheng Shuyin represented the Chinese team, as the No. 2 seed, she defeated Nepal's Laval, France's Emberge, defeated Britain's Walkerden in the semi-finals, defeated Mexico's Espinosa in the final, and won the gold medal, before her boyfriend Zhao Shuai won the gold.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Zheng Shuyin will begin a journey to defend her title, the first round of competition, Zheng Shuyin against Honduran's Avila Ramirez, 31-year-old Ramirez participated in the 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Championships, all stopped in the second round. The 2019 Pan American athletes also reached the second round. In this game, Zheng Shuyin won 20-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, Zheng Shuyin faced the 19-year-old French player Laurin, who was the 2018 World Youth Championship champion and reached the quarterfinals at this year's European Championships. In the first set, Zheng Shuyin fell behind 0-4, the second set was 0-2 behind, and the third set began with a 4-0 score, after which Laurin countered the score and extended the overall score lead. After three sets of competition, Zheng Shuyin lost 6-14 and missed the final four.