《TAIPEI TIMES》 Taiwan’s Lo Chia-ling wins silver again at worlds

/ Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwanese Olympic medalist Lo Chia-ling on Monday beat two other Olympic powerhouses to win the silver medal in the women’s under-57kg category at the Baku World Taekwondo Championships in Azerbaijan.

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Lo, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, had a chance to surpass her silver medal showing at last year’s world championships in Mexico, but could not capitalize on her 10cm height advantage over 17-year-old Hungarian Luana Marton.

Marton, who previously defeated Lo for the gold medal at the Belgian Open in March, landed a kick on Lo for the first points before taking the opening round 2-1.

The Hungarian then topped Lo 4-3 in the second round to clinch the gold medal in the best-of-three contest.

Lo’s coach, Liu Tsung-ta, praised Marton’s defense, but said that his fighter had more to give.

“Chia-ling’s performance was a bit messy. [She] did not respond after missing [kicks and punches],” Liu said.

Lo had to overcome major competitors just to reach the final, barely squeezing past Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon in the round of 16 with a 6-5 win in the third round.

She then swept two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones of Wales in the quarter-finals （8-0, 2-1） before coming back from a round down to upend bronze Olympic medalist Hatice Kubra Ilgun of Turkey in the semi-finals （4-9, 11-10, 16-3）.

Lo also defeated Ilgun in the semi-finals of last year’s world championships in a tight three-round bout before falling in the gold medal match to Luo Zongshi of China in two close rounds.

In the men’s under-68kg category, Taiwanese Chiu Yi-jui lost in the opening round to Xiao Chenming of China.

新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES