Four athletes, two men and two women, will be tasked with starting a new gold-medal streak at the Paris Olympics.
Soon, a four-person squad of all but one first-time Olympians will start a quest to recreate Korea’s gold medal glory at the Paris Olympics.
Lee’s second-place finish ended Korea’s schedule in the sport at this year’s Asian Games. Korea ended the taekwondo tournament with five gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
Lee Da-bin, right, competes against France's Althea Laurin en route to winning the women's +67 kilogram finals at the Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Levallois-Perret, France, on Sunday.
The 2020 Tokyo Games marks the first time in Olympic history that Korea has failed to win a single gold medal in Taekwondo across all disciplines.
Lee Da-bin will leave her first-ever Olympics with a silver medal in hand. The gold went to Serbia's Milica Mandic, who took a 10-7 victory over Lee to win the women's +67kg Taekwondo competition.
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