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| Korean Team for Olympics 2012 |
Taekwondo is, after all, the country’s traditional martial art and the national game. A medal of any color other than gold is regarded as a disappointment.
And disappointing was South Korea’s performance at last year’s world championships, held on its home soil in Gyeongju, 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The host earned three gold medals, tied with Iran, and only one better than three other countries.
Four athletes settled for silver.
But the quartet of fighters entered at this year’s Olympics said it will be a different story in London.
Since the traditional Korean martial art became a medal sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, South Korea has won nine gold medals and 12 total medals, more than any other nation.
Source: here@KH
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