Canada’s Skylar Park wins bronze in women’s taekwondo

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Canada’s Skylar Park defeated Lebanon’s Laetitia Aoun to win the bronze-medal match in women’s -57kg taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris on Thursday.

25-year-old from Winnipeg previously beat Turkey’s Hatice Kubra Ilgan in repechage

A female taekwondo athlete is seen celebrating with the Canadian flag behind her back.
Skylar Park celebrates with Canada’s flag after winning the taekwondo women’s -57kg bronze medal on Thursday at Grand Palais in Paris. (David Gray/AFP)

Canada’s Skylar Park defeated Lebanon’s Laetitia Aoun to win the bronze-medal match in women’s -57kg taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 25-year-old from Winnipeg previously beat Turkey’s Hatice Kubra Ilgan 2-0 in a repechage round to advance. Park outscored Ilgan 6-4 in the first round and 3-2 in the second.

The Canadian lost her quarterfinal match to Kim Yujin of South Korea, but Kim reaching the final gave Park another chance at a medal via the repechage.

Park beat Dominika Hronova of Czechia 2-0 in her opening match at the Grand Palais.

More to come.

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