[Asian Games] Taekwondo Lee Dabin Wins Valuable Silver Medal in +67kg Category

South Korean taekwondo athlete Idabin (Seoul City Hall) won the silver medal in the women's over 67kg sparring category at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

In the women's over 67kg Taekwondo final at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Korean athlete Lee Da-bin faces Chinese athlete Zhou Zhechi.
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On the 28th, Idabin lost to China's Zhou Zheqi with a round score of 1-2 in the women's over 67kg sparring event held at the Lin'an Sports Culture Exhibition Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, earning the silver medal. Idabin took the lead in the first round with a score of 9-8, but conceded scores of 2-9 and 8-21 in the second and third rounds, respectively.

Having won the 62kg category at the 2014 Incheon Games and the over 67kg category at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, Idabin aimed for a third consecutive Asian Games taekwondo women's title but narrowly missed the mark. The only athlete to hold a three-peat record in the Asian Games across both men and women is Lee Daehoon, a former South Korean taekwondo star and current national team coach.

Earlier, the South Korean taekwondo team secured a total of three gold medals in the sparring events at this competition. On the 25th, Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation) won gold in the men's 58kg category; on the 26th, Park Hyejin (Goyang City Hall) took gold in the women's 53kg category; and on the 27th, Park Woohyuk (Samsung S-1) earned gold in the men's 80kg category. Including the two gold medals won in the poomsae events on the 24th, South Korea claimed a total of five gold medals in taekwondo at this competition.

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