 London: Spain`s Joel Gonzalez thrashed South Korea`s Lee Daehoon for Olympic gold in the final of the men`s flyweight taekwondo tournament Wednesday.
Gonzalez, a flyweight world champion, downed Lee 17-8 in a one-sided contest that saw the Korean beaten in every round.
Lee is a 2011 world champion in the bantamweight division.
Bronze medals in the tournament`s two repechage bouts went to Oscar Munoz Oveido of Colombia and Russia`s Alexei Denisenko.
IANS
First Published: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 13:52
|