Taekwondo

In the hours after she captured Olympic bronze in the women's -57kg taekwondo division at Paris 2024, Canada's Skylar Park made a video call to her grandfather, back home in Winnipeg.
"He was trying to figure it out, but it was a black screen... he had the phone to his

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Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Skylar Park won bronze for Canada in the women's taekwondo -57kg event.

Taekwondo: How a "brave" younger self drove Skylar Park to Olympic bronze

Taekwondo is steeped in tradition for Skylar Park.
Practiced by grandparents, her father, aunts, cousins, and brothers, the sport truly runs in the family.
2023 has been exceptionally special again for the Park siblings, who each medalled at the 2022 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships.
Skylar Park, Tae-Ku Park, and Braven

Pan American Games 2023 | Santiago

Skylar Park (L) of Team Canada competing against Lo Chia-ling of Team Chinese Taipei during the Women's -57kg Taekwondo Quarterfinal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Skylar Park (L) of Team Canada competing against Lo Chia-ling of Team Chinese Taipei during the Women's -57kg Taekwondo Quarterfinal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

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Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Skylar

Kim Yujin of the Republic of Korea beat Nahid Kiyanichandeh of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2-0 to win gold on Thursday, 8 August at Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the women’s taekwondo -57kg category.
Korea has now 13 gold medals at Paris 2024, tying the country's previous Summer Olympic

Kim Yujin of the Republic of Korea (right) wins her bout over Nahid Kiyanichandeh of the Islamic Republic Iran (left) in the Women's taekwondo -57kg Gold Medal match on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Grand Palais on 8 August 2024 in Paris, France.

Kim Yujin of Republic of Korea (right) wins Olympic gold at Paris 2024

Kim Yujin of Republic of Korea wins women’s taekwondo gold

Paris 2024

Tokyo 2020

The Women's 57kg Taekwondo Finals were held on 08/08/2024 at Le Grand Palais, Paris. Kim Yujin (KOR) claimed the Gold, Nahid Kiyanichandeh (IRI) won Silver and Bronze medals went to Alizadeh Kimia (BUL) and Skylar Park (CAN).

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Women's 57kg Finals | Taekwondo | Olympic Games Paris 2024

This session includes the Women's -57kg & Men's -68kg Repechages/Finals which took place at the Grand Palais on 08/08/24.

The Women's -57Kg was won by Yujin Kim (KOR) with Gold, Nahid Kiyanichandeh (IRI) with Silver and a tie in Bronze by Skylar Park (CAN) and Alizadeh Kimia (BUL).

The Men's -68kg was won by Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) with Gold, Zaid Kareem (JOR) with Silver and Bronze for Yushuai Liang (CHN) and Edival Pontes (BRA).

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