Taiwanese Olympic medalist Lo Chia-ling on Monday won silver at the World Taekwondo Championships after a 2-0 defeat in the women’s under-57kg final against China’s Luo Zongshi in Guadalajara, Mexico.
A bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics last year, the 11th-ranked Lo put up a competitive performance against world No. 1 Luo on the first day of the tournament.
Similar in physique and technique, the fighters exchanged kicks at range and at close quarters, trying to establish a clinch.
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Luo edged Lo 2-1 in the opening round at the CODE Metropolitano sports complex.
Lo held Luo in the second round, which ended 1-1, but Luo was given the win on superiority, handing her the victory in the tournament’s new best-of-three format.
Lo earlier pipped Olympic bronze medalist Hatice Kubra Ilgun of Turkey 2-1 in the semi-finals.
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Liu Tsu-yin, head coach of Taiwan’s team, said Lo’s silver medal gave the team a confidence boost for the rest of the tournament.
In the men’s under-80kg category, Taiwan’s Wang Te-lung beat Kosovo’s Arber Bajra 13-1, 9-7 in the opening round, but lost to Olympic bronze medalist Seif Eissa of Egypt 4-1, 7-3 in the round of 32.
Yesterday, Taiwan’s Chang Yu-ling was to compete in the men’s under-87kg series, Chang Jui-en was to fight in the women’s under-62kg category and Lin Ting-ru was to compete in the women’s under-67kg series.
Sixteen Taiwanese athletes are competing in the World Taekwondo Championships, which end on Sunday.
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