Simone Alessio beats Nickolas again: a bronze also comes from Taekwondo

The Italian won the final for third place, a re-edition of the match against the American in the last world championship

Simone Alessio wins the bronze medal in taekwondo, 80 kilograms category. The Italian, after defeating the Uzbek Jasurbek Jaysunov in the repechages, gives Italy the 34th medal in Paris, the first in taekwondo, beating the American CJ Nickolas in the final. Alessio confirms the same result as the 2023 World Cup final, when to win gold and become champion he had to beat CJ Nickolas. The Italian defeated the American twice, dominating the match fr…

Paris: Tunisian Firas Al-Qattousi won the gold medal in the 80 kg taekwondo competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Iranian Mehran Barkhordari in the final on Friday. The 29-year-old Tunisian champion, ranked sixth, managed to outperform his Iranian competitor, ranked eighth, with merit and worthiness, after winning the match in two rounds without a response, with scores of 4-2 and 5-1. […]