Kim Ngan strikes gold at World Taekwondo Junior Championships
VOV.VN - Vietnamese taekwondo artist Ho Thi Kim Ngan won the gold medal in the girls’ under 49kg category at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships 2018 in Hammamet, Tunisia on April 11.
In the opening competition, Kim Ngan defeated her Nepalese rival, Lama Ayasha, before securing convincing victories over Fariah Rafaela from Portugal 22-0, and Pirseyidova Sevda from Azerbaijan 20-0.
She won a place in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Games as a result of progressing to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Kim Ngan beat Aruba’s Petrocchi Chiara 23-20 in the quarter-finals, with her penultimate victory coming against Goebel Laura from Germany 10-6 in the semi-finals.
In the final match of the competition, she successfully defended her championship title in the girls’ under 49kg category at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships when she triumphed 8-7 over Canada’s Kafada Josipa.