Taekwondo: Obame wins Gabon's first Olympic medal
Anthony Obame earned Gabon's first Olympic medal on Saturday when he took silver in the taekwondo heavyweight division at the London Games, as Italian Carlo Molfetta took gold in the final.
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Taekwondo: Crismanich and Kyung-seon win gold
Argentina's Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich won the men's welterweight taekwondo gold medal by beating Nicolas Garcia Hemme of Spain in the final at the London Games.
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Taekwondo: Gold for Jones and Tazegul
Jade Jones won Britain's first ever taekwondo gold when she beat Yuzhuo Hou of China in the women's under-57kgs final at ExCeL.
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Taekwondo: Bonilla claims gold for Spain
World taekwondo champion Joel Gonzalez Bonilla claimed Olympic gold with victory over South Korean Lee Daehoon in the final of the men's flyweight under-58kg.
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Cook GB taekwondo row to spark reform
The bitter row over the non-selection of Aaron Cook has caused the British taekwondo team "unwanted and significant" distractions ahead of the Olympics, but UK Sport insist such controversies will be addressed for future Games.
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Cook admits defeat in Taekwondo fight
Taekwondo world number one Aaron Cook has given up on a legal challenge to try and overturn his omission from the British team for the London Olympics, citing "prohibitive financial implications".
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Guide to taekwondo at the Olympics
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London 2012: Jenny Hurley
Irish Olympic taekwondo hopeful Jenny Hurley talks about her chances of making it to the London games.
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Irishman inducted to taekwon-do hall of fame
Taekwon-do Grandmaster Robert Howard speaks about his elevation to the rank of Sasung, one of only nine people worldwide to attain that honour.
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Success for Irish Taekwon-Do team
The Irish Taekwon-Do team have won two gold medals, two silvers and four bronze medals at the World Championships in Argentina.
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Brothel plan irks Kiwi officials
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has threatened to sue a local taekwondo athlete who plans to finance his 2012 London Games bid with the proceeds from a brothel.
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South Korea's Hwang wins -67kg gold
South Korea's double world champion Hwang Kyung-Seon beat Canada's Karine Sergerie 2-1 to win the Olympic taekwondo women's -67kg gold medal Friday.
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Iranian Saei lifts gold of his career
Iran's Hadi Saei beat European bronze medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy 6-4 in the men's -80kg final to lift the second Olympic taekwondo gold medal of his career Friday.
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Cuban fighter may get life ban
The World Taekwondo Federation has recommended a lifetime ban for a Cuban fighter who kicked a judge in the face.
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Lim wins women's -57kg gold
South Korea's up-and-coming Lim Su-Jeong won the Olympic women's taekwondo -57kg gold medal Thursday by beating Turkey's Azize Tanrikulu in the featherweight final.
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Afghanistan wins first medal
Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan's first medal at an Olympics on Wednesday, upsetting world flyweight champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain to take bronze in the men's 58-kg taekwondo category.
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Mexico's Perez wins men's -58kg gold
Mexico's Guillermo Perez triumphed over Yulis Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic to win the men's -58kg category taekwondo gold in Beijing on Wednesday.
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South Korea claim taekwondo gold
South Korea's Son Tae-Jin won the men's Olympic taekwondo - 68kg gold medal by beating 2005 world champion Mark Lopez of the United States in the featherweight final.
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China's Wu wins -49kg gold
World champion Wu Jingyu won Olympic taekwondo gold for China on Wednesday, thrilling home fans with a defeat of Buttree Puedpong of Thailand in the final of the women's 49-kg category in Beijing.
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Taekwondo set to begin
A whole lot of kicking, punching and yelling returns to the Olympics on Wednesday with South Korea determined to keep their stranglehold on taekwondo and America's Steven Lopez clan eager to seize gold.