China's Zhao Shuai retains title at taekwondo worlds
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Updated: 2019-05-20 14:10
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MANCHESTER -- China's Olympic champion Zhao Shuai retained the men's 63kg title at the world taekwondo championships, beating Iran's Soroush Ahmadi here on Sunday.
Zhao, who in 2016 became the first men's taekwondo Olympic champion from China, led Sunday's final all the way, defeating Ahmadi 27-7.
"I am happy to win honor for China. This gold medal belongs to everybody in the national team. Everybody is behind me and has been working so hard," he said.
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