TAE: Moon knock out seals great finish for Koreans in taekwondo

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: August 30, 2004 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2004
TAE: Moon knock out seals great finish for Koreans in taekwondo

By Shigemi Sato

ATHENS, Aug 29 AFP - Moon Dae-Sung knocked outhometown hero Alexandros Nikolaidis in
the men's Olympic taekwondo heavyweight final, topping off South Korea's gold medal campaign
in their own sport at a modest two.

Moon's kick caught the Greek's face with one minute to go in the three-minute first
round, sending him down to the mat for a knockout, as the partisan crowd tried in vain
to roar him back into action.

The crucial kick gave Moon, the 1999 world champion in the ...

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