Ahn Paul, a symbol of Korean judo, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, took the bronze medal at the World Championships.
Ahn Paul won the first medal for the Korean team by defeating Italy's Elios Manzi with a foul win in the men's 66kg bronze medal match at the World Championships in Uzbekistan.
Ahn Paul lost to Joshiro Maruyama of Japan in the semi-final and failed to advance to the final.
I got 3 maps down and lost.
However, in the bronze medal match, they pushed their opponents back, and Manji received the third instruction 9 seconds before the end of the game, and An Paul took the bronze medal with a foul win.
Yerin Jeong, who competed in the women's 52kg class, lost to Uta Abe of Japan in the third round and failed to win her medal.
The men's 66kg class and the women's 52kg class held that day were won by Japanese brother and sister Abe Hiumi and Uta.
(Photo = Captured from the website of the International Judo Federation, Yonhap News)