(Tokyo Olympics) Taekwondo event ends for the first time, the Chinese team has no Olympic gold medals in the account

　　China News Service, Tokyo, July 28 (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) The four days of taekwondo in the Tokyo Olympics ended on the evening of the 27th, and the Chinese Taekwondo team missed the Olympic gold medal.

On July 27, local time, Chinese player Sun Hongyi (red) was in the game.

On the same day, the Tokyo Olympics Taekwondo men's 80 kg bronze medal match was held at the Tokyo Makuhari International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Chinese player Sun Hongyi lost to Cuban player Alba Castillo 4:5 and missed the medal.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

　　Since Taekwondo became an Olympic event in 2000, the Chinese team has won gold medals in every Olympics.

However, as the Taekwondo event ended on the 27th, the Chinese Taekwondo team had zero gold for the first time in Olympic history.

　　On the same day, in the Tokyo Olympic Taekwondo women's 67 kg and above 16-in-8 competition, as the defending champion of the event at the Rio Olympics, Zheng Shuyin easily defeated Honduran player Ramirez 20:1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

However, in the quarter-finals, Zheng Shuyin lost to French player Laurin 6:14 and missed the chance to compete for the gold medal.

　　Zheng Shuyin has maintained a good state during the Tokyo Olympic cycle and is one of the favorites to win the championship.

In the 2017 World Championships, she won the bronze in the women's 73 kg and above competition. In the 2019 World Championships, she regretted that she suffered an unfair penalty.

Zheng Shuyin ranked second in the world in Olympic points.

　　Sun Hongyi, ranked 12th in Olympic points, defeated British veteran Mahama Zhuo in the first round of the men's 80 kg class.

In the quarter-finals, Sun Hongyi staged a counterattack after falling behind 1:5, reversing the Croatian player Sabina and entering the semi-finals.

In the semifinals, Sun Hongyi lost to the top seed, Russian Olympic Committee player Lalin, and missed the final.

In the battle for the bronze medal, he lost again.

　　In this Olympics, the Chinese women's team Wu Jingyu, Zhou Lijun, and Zhang Mengyu all lost in the quarter-finals and missed the medal.

The men's team Zhao Shuai lost the halberd in the semifinals and finally won the only bronze medal of the Chinese Taekwondo team.

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