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PARIS — Kim Yu-jin gave South Korea another gold medal in taekwondo at the Paris Olympics with a victory in the women's 57-kilogram division. Kim was ruthless in the gold-medal match to hand a brutal defeat to world champion Nahid Kiyani Chandeh of Iran. Earlier, Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan won back-to-back Olympic taekwondo gold medals in the 68-kilogram division. Rashitov won his four bouts without losing a single round at the Paris Games. He wrapped up the title with a victory over Zaid Kareem of Jordan, who reached the final in his Olympic debut. Rashitov opened up the fight with a beautiful turning kick to Zaid's head and was then in total control.
