VIGO – Four more categories concluded their competition at the World University Championship in Vigo, Spain – the women’s -46kg and -73kg, as well as Men’s -54kg -87kg.
The men’s -54kg saw Chinese Taipei’s Yu-Yao Tseng beat Naghibzadeh Seydehsan from Iran by 4-2. The bronze medals went to Sasan Dalirnejad from Germany and Min Young Seo from Korea. In the higher men’s -87kgcategory, the gold medal went to Yoo Jin Cho from Korea that beat Serdar Yüksel from Turkey by 10-5. Germany’s Christoph Lehmann and Iran’s Menran Askari took bronze.
The world university title in the women’s -73kg category was between Chia-Chia Chuang from Chinese Taipei and the home favourite Leyre Matute Gómez from Spain. In a close fight, Chia-Chia took the lead in the last round with 59s remaining on the clock. A strong left head-kick all but guaranteed the 1st place, followed by yet another well placed kick. The final score was 7-0. The bronze medals went to Tuba Abus from Turkey and Melda Akcan from Germany.
Korea won yet another gold medal in the women’s -46kg category. The gold medal winner was Mi Na Hwang (Korea) that beat Rukiye YILDIRIM (Turkey) by 3-1. The Korean was trailing with just three seconds but managed an amazing head-kick to take 1st place.
RESULTS of DAY 3
Men’s -54kg
GOLD: Yu-Yao TSENG (Chinese Taipei)
SILVER: Naghibzadeh SEYDEHSAN (Iran)
BRONZE: Sasan DALIRNEJAD (Germany) and Min Young SEO (Korea).
Men’s -87kg
GOLD: Yoo Jin CHO (Korea)
SILVER: Serdar YÜKSEL (Turkey)
BRONZE: Christoph LEHMANN (Germany) and Menran ASKARI (Iran).
Women’s -46kg
GOLD: Mi Na HWANG (Korea)
SILVER: Rukiye YILDIRIM (Turkey)
BRONZE: Zhang YUERU (China) and Emilie TRAN (France).
Women’s -73kg
GOLD: Chia-Chia CHUANG (Chinese Taipei)
SILVER: Leyre MATUTE GÓMEZ (Spain)
BRONZE: Tuba ABUS (Turkey) and Melda AKCAN (Germany).
All competition results available at: http://www.universiadavigo.com (with live web coverage).
(Source: Paulo Ferreira, FISU Executive Asst.)
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