[Asian Games] Taekwondo Lee Dabin Advances to +67kg Final... Challenging for 3rd Consecutive Win

Challenge for Gold Medal Following 2014 and 2018 Asian Games

Da-bin Lee (Seoul City Hall) advances to the final of the women's over 67kg taekwondo sparring event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, aiming for her third consecutive championship at the tournament.

In the women's over 67kg Taekwondo semifinals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Korean athlete Lee Da-bin faces Kazakhstan's Kansel Denis.
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On the 28th, Da-bin Lee secured a silver medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Kansel Denis 2-1 in round scores in the women's over 67kg taekwondo sparring semifinal held at the Lin'an Sports Culture Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Lee dominated the first round with a score of 13-2. The second round ended in a 13-13 tie, but according to the rules that determine the winner based on spinning techniques and attempts to attack the head and torso, the round score was awarded to her opponent. In the following third round, Lee scored 9 consecutive points from the start, winning decisively 16-3.

Lee's opponent in the final is Zhou Zeqi from China. Lee is aiming for the gold medal once again, following her victories at the 2014 Incheon Games (62kg category) and the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games (over 67kg category), challenging for the first-ever women's three-peat in Asian Games history since the introduction of women's individual sparring in the 1998 Bangkok Games.

Earlier, the Korean taekwondo team won a total of three gold medals in the taekwondo sparring events at this tournament. On the 25th, Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation) won gold in the men's 58kg category; on the 26th, Park Hye-jin (Goyang City Hall) took gold in the women's 53kg category; and on the 27th, Park Woo-hyuk (Samsung S-1) secured gold in the men's 80kg category.

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