TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The 24th is the first day of the taekwondo event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the youth storm of the young generals has made the cold door continue. In the women's 49 kg competition, wu Jingyu, a two-time Olympic champion and a famous Chinese player, first lost to the Spanish teenager by a big score and did not qualify, and then fell at the feet of the Rio Olympic "bitter lord" Bogdanovic in the resurrection match, missing the medal. Also upset was South Korea's Jang Joon, who lost to 19-year-old Tunisian jandabee in the men's 58 kg semifinals. The two gold medals ended up going to Thailand's Umbadanagi and Italy's Del Aquila.
In the women's 49 kg competition, 17-year-old Spanish girl Serezzo showed the dark horse itself, she first defeated Serbia's Bogdanovic in the round of sixteen, then defeated Wu Jingyu 33:2 in the quarterfinals, and beat Turkey's Yelderlem in the semifinals to reach the final for the first time in the Olympic Games.
China's Wu Jingyu (right) competes with Spain's Adriana on July 24. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yuguo
However, Thailand's Onbadanagi, who is now the world number one, used his experience to laugh to the end. In the first set of the final, Serezzo took a 4:2 lead; in the second set, Umberadanagi overtook the score to 9:6; and with 37 seconds left in the final set, Cerezo kicked his opponent's body and led by one point at 10:9. Still patiently looking for opportunities, 7 seconds before the end of the match, a side kick killed the game, narrowly won 11:10, winning the first gold medal of the Olympic Games for Thailand. The two bronze medals belonged to Israel's Szemberg and Bogdanovic.
The men's 58 kg final also fought until the last minute. Del Aquila and Tunisia's Giandabi drew 10 in the final minute 08 seconds, and del Aquila, who was more experienced at the last minute, scored consecutive points to win 16:10 against Jandabi and win the first gold for Italy. The two bronze medals in this category belong to South Korea's Jang Joon and Russian athlete Artamonov.
The South Korean team, which revered taekwondo as a national skill, was quite frustrated in the first day of the competition, and Shen Jae-young and Jang Joon played hand in hand, but only won a bronze medal.
On July 25, the Olympic Taekwondo Competition will enter its second competition day, with two gold medals in the men's 68 kg and women's 57 kg category, and the Chinese Olympic team's standard-bearer Zhao Shuai and youngster Zhou Lijun will join hands.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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