South Korea to dominiate taekwondo featherweight events
20/8/2008 17:54
Two rookie South Koreans will make their debut tomorrow to defend the
honor of the taekwondo powerhouse.
Lim Su-jeong, who celebrated her 22nd
birthday , will compete in the women's 57kg category, and Son Tae-jin, 20, will
fight for the title in men's 68kg division in the Olympic taekwondo events,
which began today in the University of Science and Technology Beijing
gymnasium.
Head coach Kim Sei-hyeok said after the draw that South Korea is
to win four golds.
It won't be an easy job for Lim, gold medalist in the
world qualification events, to present the ambitious team a good start, as she
will face a tough opponent, Su Li-Wen of Chinese Taipei, in the first round
during the preliminaries.
Veteran Su, Asian Games gold medalist in women's
63kg category, has already been prepared "physically and mentally no matter who
she will fight against", according to head coach Ho Wei-Hsing.
If Lim wins,
she will not meet real challenges until fighting against the younger sister of
the famous Lopez's, Diana Lopez, in the final if the 2005 world champion can
also make it in another pool.
Son Tae-jin will also have a tough fight in the
preliminaries and another Lopez, Mark Lopez of the USA, also a 2005 world
champion will also be a potential gold contender. The question is whether they
can meet in the final competition.
Xinhua
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