- 21-year-old falls short of gold medal in dying seconds
- Britain’s Rebecca McGowan loses bronze medal bout
A defiant Caden Cunningham declared himself “hungry” for gold after narrowly losing the men’s +80kg taekwondo final to Iran’s Arian Salimi in the dying seconds of the fight. The Ivorian Cheick Sallah Cissé and the Cuban Rafael Alba both won bronze.
Cunningham did not achieve his dream of becoming the first British man to win a taekwondo gold, but speaking after claiming the silver medal at the Grand Palais in Paris, the 21-year-old said he was “happy and excited for the future”.
Written by Alexandra Topping at the Grand Palais
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