Filipino taekwondo jins fall to younger Iranian rivals

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HANGZHOU, China: Youth prevailed over experience as taekwondo jins Kirstie Elaine Alora and Samuel Morrison lost to their young and aggressive Iranian rivals at the close of taekwondo competitions Thursday, September 28, in the 19th Asian Games.

Alora, a gold medal winner in the tough Korean Open last month, dropped her round-of-16 match with 20-year-old Anahita Tavakoli, 2-0, in the women's +67kg division.It is a sad farewell for the 33-year-old Alora who is planning to retire from competition this year.

Same thing for Morrison who also suffered a 2-0 beating at the hands of the 6-foot-6 Arian Salimi in the round-of-16 of the +80kg class.Salimi used his height advantage to score cleanly against the 30-year-old 6-foot Morrison.Taekwondo produced the country's first medal courtesy of King Patrick Perez in the men's individual poomsae on Sunday.But since then, the taekwondo jins have fallen like dominoes.

 

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