2100 dollars produce first sub-Arab taekwondo world title

Xinhua News Agency | May 22, 2007 | Copyright

2100 dollars produce first sub-Arab taekwondo world title

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Despite lacking fund to promote sports, Mali made a splash at the world taekwondo championships here when Daba Modibo Keita won the men's over 84kg class title.

Keita, who stands 2.04m tall, defeated Morteza Rostam of Iran 3-1 in the final Monday night to give his home country first-ever world championships gold in the sport.

No one could imagine that the four-man Mali delegation had a slim budget of 2,100 dollars for this trip.

"You would not believe me if I told you what our budget is here. We got ...

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