Thursday 26th August

We take car to the Faliro Sports Pavillion. We have a bit of trouble finding somewhere to park, and a Greek lady berates us for parking in front of her house (at least, I think that was what the problem was!), but there is no reason why we shouldn’t.

Taekwondo

I can’t pretend to say that I understand the scoring system or anything that was happening in front of us. However, I can say that the action was fast and furious and we enjoyed it. Paul Green was Britain’s best medal hope in this sport, but we see him eliminated in the Quarter-finals.

Results

The Women's Under 49kg Preliminary Round of 16

• Yaowapa Boorapolchai (Thailand) beat Brigitte Yague (Spain) By points (9-5)
• Euda Carias (Guatemala) beat Elaine Shueh Fhern Teo (Malaysia) By superiority (4-4)
• Nevena Lukic (Austria) beat Lineo Mochesane (Lesotho) By points (4-0)
• Dalia Contreras (Venezuela) beat Maya Arusi (Israel) By points (5-1)
• Ivett Gonda (Canada) beat Jermin Anwar (Egypt) By points (3-2)
• Shih Hsin Chen (Chinese Taipei) beat Sangina Baidya (Nep) By points (4-0)
• Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (Columbia) beat Juana Wangsa Putri (Indonesia) By superiority (2-2)

Women's Under 49kg Quarterfinals

• Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz (Cuba) beat Yaowapa Boorapolchai (Thailand) By points (3-1)
• Euda Carias (Guatemala) beat Nevena Lukic (Austria) By superiority (1-1)
• Ivett Gonda (Canada) beat Dalia Contreras (Venezuela) By points (3-2)
• Shih Hsin Chen (Chinese Taipei) beat Gladys Alicia Mora Romero (Columbia) By points (1-0)

Men's Under 58kg Preliminary Round of 16

• Tamer Bayoumi (Egypt) beat Marcel Ferreira (Brazil) By points (10-2)
• Michalis Mouroutsos (Greece) beat Ussadate Sutthikunkarn (Thailand) By points (5-2)
• Mu Yen Chu (Chinese Taipei) beat Ezedin Salem (Libya) Referee stopped contest (Round: 1)
• Juan Ramos (Spain) beat Tshomlee Go (Philippines) By points (7-6)
• Paul Green (Great Britain) beat Satriyo Rahadhani (Indonesia) By points (6-5)
• Quoc Huan Nguyen (Vietnam) beat Seyfula Magomedov (Russia) By points (12-10)
• Oleksandr Shaposhnyk (Ukraine) beat Akram Abdullah (Yemen) By points (7-5)
• Oscar Francisco Salazar Blanco (Mexico) beat Gabriel Mercedes (Dominican Rep) By points (10-1)

Men's Under 58kg Quarterfinals

• Tamer Bayoumi (Egypt) beat Michalis Mouroutsos (Greece) By points (8-2)
• Mu Yen Chu (Chinese Taipei) beat Juan Ramos (Spain) By points (9-1)
• Quoc Huan Nguyen (Vietnam) beat Paul Green (Great Britain) By points (4-2)
• Oscar Francisco Salazar Blanco (Mexico) beat Oleksandr Shaposhnyk (Ukraine) By points (6-2)

Note

Mu Yen Chu (Chinese Taipei) beat Oscar Francisco Salazar Blanco (Mexico) by points (5-1) to win the Gold Medal. Tamer Bayoumi (Egypt) beat Juan Ramos (Spain) by points (7-1) to secure the Bronze. Ramos had qualified through the Repechage system when Mu Yen Chu qualified for the final.