Olympics-Taekwondo-Teenagers cause upsets on first day of Tokyo tournament

[ASFN Admin]

A pair of little-known teenage taekwondo fighters defeated gold medal contenders on the first day of the Tokyo Games tournament on Saturday, highlighted by Spaniard Adriana Cerezo Iglesias's upset of China's two-time Olympic champion Wu Jingyu. Even with form hard to judge coming into the Games with most international competitions wiped out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cerezo Iglesias's win over the 34-year-old Wu in the women's -49kg event was a massive shock. "I couldn’t believe it," said 17-year-old Cerezo Iglesias, who was leading 33-2 at the end of two rounds and won by 'point gap'.

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