World No. 4 Seo Kun-woo won the round-score 2-1 (6-8 16-16 (high-level Seo Kun-woo’s victory) 14-1 in a showdown with world No. 24 Joaquin Churchill (Chile) in the round-of-16 match of the men’s 80kg taekwondo team at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Grand Palais in Paris, France, at 4:21 p.m. on the 9th (Korean time). With this, Seo advanced to the quarterfinals.
The new rules will apply to taekwondo from the Paris Olympics. Until the last Tokyo Olympics, taekwondo had three rounds of matches for two minutes each, and if it fails to determine the winner, it had to proceed with the fourth round in overtime to select the winner. Although taekwondo had accumulated points through extra time in the third round, the rules have been changed since the Paris Olympics.
The rules for three rounds of two minutes are the same, but the points for each round are not accumulated. At the end of each round, the next round is played 0-0, and if you win two of the three rounds first, you win. If the gold point system is deleted and the score is tied in each round, technical points are applied and the player who has tried more high-level skills has the upper hand.
Korea’s taekwondo team suffered a “no-gold” humiliation in Tokyo three years ago for the first time since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Park Tae-joon, the first runner of the Korean national team, won a gold medal in the men’s 58kg weight class on Sunday morning, while seeking to recover his fame at the Paris Olympics. Kim Yu-jin then won a gold medal in the women’s 57kg weight class on Sunday morning.
Seo Kun-woo will now take over Barton. Seo acquired the World Grand Prix Final of the World Taekwondo Federation in December last year, and earned a ticket to Paris. At that time, he beat No. 1 Olympic medalist Simone Alessio of Italy, silver medalist Salih El-Sharabati of Jordan of the Tokyo Olympics, and bronze medalist Safe Aisa of Egypt in succession.
Seo encountered Churchil in the round of 16. Seo attempted to kick several times from the beginning of the first round, but failed to score a point easily. With 1 minute and 30 seconds left before the end of the first round, he scored two points through a spinning kick. With 1:07 left, he exchanged kicks to lead the game 4-2.
Churchil did not easily back down. He scored in succession through kicks at the end of the first round, reversing the game to 8-4. Seo followed the lead with 19 seconds left in the first round, 6-8, but failed to overturn it to end the first round. It was regrettable that his last facial attack ended in nothing.
Concealing his disappointment, Seo took a 4-0 lead through kicking points in the early part of the second round. However, Churchil scored on a series of goals, including a head goal, with about a minute left before the end of the second round to come from behind to win the game 8-4. With 32 seconds left, he raced to 15-6 to secure the victory. Seo kept chasing at the last minute, tying the game at 16-16. Seo, who showed even more difficult skills, won the game dramatically.
Seo gained momentum and led the game 8-0 with 1:27 left in the third round. Afterwards, he scored a 14-1 victory in the final minutes of the game, securing a victory in the cold game. He eventually advanced to the quarterfinals.
BY: 토토사이트 모음