South Korea’s national taekwondo team member Kim Yu-jin is competing against Turkey’s Hatidze Qibra Ilgwin in the round of 16 of the women’s 57kg class taekwondo event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the afternoon of the 8th (Korean time).
After defeating world No. 5, No. 4, and now No. 1, she has now only one win left to win the gold medal.
Kim Yu-jin (24), who competed in the women’s 57 kg class of taekwondo at the Paris Olympics, has advanced to the finals of this event with steady progress.
In the semifinals of the competition held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 8th, Kim Yu-jin defeated world No. 1 Lu Zhongshi (China), considered the strongest in this weight class, with a round score of 2-1 (7-0, 1-7, 10-3).
Kim Yu-jin, who won 7-0 with two head kicks in the first round, fell behind 1-7 in the second round. However, in the final third round, which was the ticket to the final, she kicked Lu Zhongshi’s head three times to win a complete victory 10-3.
Kim Yu-jin had previously defeated world No. 5 Hatidze Ilguyn (Turkiye) with a 2-0 (7-5, 7-2) round score in the round of 16, and then defeated world No. 4 Skylar Park (Canada) with a 2-0 (7-6, 9-5) round score in the quarterfinals.
Kim Yu-jin, who has already secured a silver medal, can bring the gold medal in this weight class to Korea for the first time in 16 years with one more win. Korea has won gold medals in this weight class in the 2000 Sydney (Jeong Jae-eun), 2004 Tennessee (Jang Ji-won), and 2008 Beijing (Im Su-jeong) competitions, but has not won a single medal, let alone a gold medal, since then. Korea
is off to a good start, with Park Tae-jun (20) winning a gold medal in the men’s 58kg class on the first day of the taekwondo competition on the 7th, and Kim Yu-jin also securing a silver medal on the second day. Park Tae-jun delivered his ‘golden energy’ by directly receiving Kim Yu-jin’s kick with his mitts ahead of the match on this day.
The final of the women’s 57kg class, which will be Korea’s second gold medal in the competition, is scheduled to be held at 9:37 p.m. 토토사이트