Top-ranked taekwondo champion Lee Dae-hoon lost in the first match of his final Olympics on Sunday, dashing South Korea's best hope for a gold medal in the national sport it once dominated.
Lee has won a trove of gold medals including three world championships and a record 12 Grands Prix, but the Olympic trophy has eluded him. He won silver in London 2012 and bronze in Rio four years later."It's my last Olympics so I wish I could have done better," he said."I was well in my body and mind but my management of the fight could have been better; I was successful at the beginning but then I felt rushed.
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