Taekwondo WT World Grand Prix 2018

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Women's -49kg, Gold Medal Match

Panipak Wongpattanakit b. Sim Jae-Young  11-0

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Men's -58kg, Gold Medal Match

Armin Hadipour b. Kim Tae-Hun  16-12

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Finally a GP gold medal after 2 years ! very good day for Hadipour. he was really fun to watch the whole day and he was great in the final giving the Korean 3 or 4 head kick who was much taller than him ! he lost few times to this guy Kim Tae-hoon. if I'm not wrong this was his first win against him.

 

I think this is the end for Iran as we have no competitor tomorrow. 3 medals for 5 athletes. 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze. not bad. Ashourzadeh was a bit disappointing lost to Spain in last few seconds but I think Hadipour is now our guy in this weight. Ashourzadeh used to be fantastic he is now just average.

 

PS: at least in this case there is a space between Hadipour and the 2nd part of his name still he is just Hadipour. not Hadipour Seighalani !

Edited October 20, 2018 by MHSN

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Women's +67kg, Gold Medal Match

Zheng Shuyin b. Bianca Walkden  6-4

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unfortunately not even the local hero Bianca Walkden could avoid today's Asian sweep...3 weight classes and 3 Gold medals for the Asian fighters...

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today's action (luckily we have a lot more variety than yesterday )...

 

Women's -57kg, Semifinals
Jade Jones vs Skylar Park
Zhou Lijun vs Raheleh Asemani

 

Men's -80kg, Semifinals
Damon Sansum vs Seif Eissa
Nikita Rafalovich vs Raul Martinez Garcia

 

fun facts...earlier today, in the women's round of 16 we did have the Tarvese sisters' derby (Jolanta vs Inese, who won it), meanwhile in the men's round of 16 we did have the Rafalovich brothers' derby (Nikita won over Maksim)...

 

Edited October 21, 2018 by phelps

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On 10/19/2018 at 21:58, phelps said:

easy 15-9 win for Lauren Williams against her Croatian opponent...just another day at the office for her...

 

Women's -67kg

Gold: Lauren Williams

Silver: Matea Jelic

Bronze: Victoria Tamez & Nur Tatar Askari

Williams comes from the town of Caerphilly.

If you've ever been to Caerphilly on a Friday night you know that the town producing women who are really good at kicking you in the face is  really not surprising...

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Skylar Park is a good talent for Canada. However she just lost to another Canadian recently in Las Vegas.

Three Canadian women have outside shots in making top 6 for Tokyo 2020 rankings... which is impressive.

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Men's -80kg, Semifinals
Damon Sansum b. Seif Eissa  by Withdraw (Eissa injured himself with 2 secs to go in the 2nd round on the score of 9-9)
Raul Martinez Garcia b. Nikita Rafalovich  15-8

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Women's -57kg, Semifinals
Jade Jones b. Skylar Park  17-4
Zhou Lijun b. Raheleh Asemani  4-1