Taiwanese Taekwondo athlete captures gold in women’s 53 kg
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/21
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Team Taiwan’s Su Po-ya (蘇柏亞) upset the
Su Po-ya (left) vs. Ha Min-ah (right). (By Central News Agency)
favored South Korean athlete to snatch gold in the women’s Taekwondo bantamweight (53 kilograms) category yesterday (Aug. 20) at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In a grudge match, after having twice lost her South Korean opponent Ha Min-ah, who was ranked No. 1 in Asia and No. 10 in the world, Su used an aggressive strategy to steal gold from the top seed with a final score of 29-10. This marked Taiwan’s third gold medal in the Asian Games thus far.
From the outset, Su took out a sizable lead mid way through the first round. In the second round, Su scored four points with short-range punches, poured on five mid-range kicks and erupted with a total of 16 points in the third round. [FULL STORY]
