Taekwondo at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[dcro 10,210]

12 minutes ago, MHSN said:

Taekwondo brackets are available on the official website. not much change from predicted brackets as far as I can see

 

IOC/WT made sure that Kiani vs Alizadeh happens by having a last minute replacement. this match was too "good" to let it "not happen"

I truly hope Kiani wins this, otherwise the IOC will surely manufacture a fairytale out of this...

[nenad 442]

Terrible draw for Tijana in 49, but a solid one for Milica in 67+

[MHSN 3,620]

18 minutes ago, dcro said:

I truly hope Kiani wins this, otherwise the IOC will surely manufacture a fairytale out of this...

I hope so   for so many reasons. nothing really personally against Alizadeh but she cheated her way into the Games (like most of EOR team members) and I always want cheaters to lose. I really hope Kiani can handle the pressure which is huge.

 

there are/were lots of media hype about this match here. lots of talk about the battle of "Nahid and Kimia". they were team mates for a long time but never been in the same weight. Alizadeh has to cut a lot while Kiani is even small for this weight.

 

Kimia's childhood coach (who also coached her in Rio and almost her entire life before leaving Iran) is now coaching Kiani. another story for this match.

 

 

[Gianlu33 4,573]

Bogdanovic lost against Cerezo Iglesias 

[Federer91 2,796]

Very surprising that Bogdanovic lost so early, i thought she had a medal in the bag. 

[LDOG 2,418]

Lucas in the last second wooo 

[thepharoah 2,405]

OMG , that was really tough loss for Nour , very unlucky 

[LDOG 2,418]

The colombian made a very good fight vs the iranian but had barely any strength left at the end to kick anymore. He was dead tired.

[Adriano 590]

Adrian from Spain lost ;( I thought I'd see him in the final

[LDOG 2,418]

Cerezo wants the gold