Lee Dae-hoon, a leading Korean male Taekwondo athlete, failed to win a gold medal in the third Olympic Games.
Dae-Hoon Lee knelt after an overtime match against Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan in the men's 68kg class round of 16 match on the second day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Taekwondo match held at Makuhari Messe Hall A in Chiba, Japan.
In a three-round match of 2 minutes each, 19-19, the player who draws two points first wins. 17 seconds after the start of the golden point system, he was hit by the torso first with the left foot of the opponent and lost two runs.
As a result, Lee Dae-hoon's progress to the quarterfinals was frustrated and his gold medal challenge also stopped.
Only when Rashitov reached the finals, Dae-Hoon Lee was in a position to see even a bronze medal through the loser revival.
Dae-Hoon Lee has been on the Olympic stage three times in a row since the 2012 London Games.
Lee Dae-hoon is the third Korean Taekwondo athlete to compete in the Olympics three times in a row, following retired Hwang Kyung-sun (2004, 2008, 2012) and Cha Dong-min (2008, 2012, 2016).
Dae-Hoon Lee won a silver medal in the London competition in the 58 kg class and a bronze medal in the Rio competition in the 68 kg class.
Dae-Hoon Lee is the only Korean Taekwondo athlete to win two consecutive medals in different weight classes at the Olympics.
If Dae-Hoon Lee, who had already reached the top of the World Championships, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, wins a gold medal in Tokyo, he could also win the four major championships (Grand Slam), which had been postponed since the London Games, but unfortunately, he dreamed of a shocking defeat in the first round. I have folded
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