Wu wins gold in Women's Taekwondo -49kg division

(BEIJING, August 20) -- Wu Jingyu of China won gold in the Taekwondo Women's -49kg category.

Wu beat Buttree Puedpong of Thailand 1-(-1), which was Wu's closest game of the tournament.

Wu scored the sole point with 55 seconds left in the first round with a defensive kick. The game then turned even more defensive and a deduction penalty given to Puedpong widened Wu's lead to two points.

On her way to the final, Wu beat Mildred Alango of Kenya 7-0 in her first bout and overran Hanna Zajc of Sweden 8-1 in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal, she defeated Yang Shu-Chun of Chinese Taipei 4-1 to win a place in the gold medal match.