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Taekwondo practitioner Kang Sang-hyun, right, kicks Ivan Sapina of Croatia during the middleweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystak Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Kang won gold after beating Sapina 2-0. His gold is Korea's second at the tournament after Bae Jun-seo won the day before. [YONHAP]
Taekwondo practitioner Kang Sang-hyun, right, kicks Ivan Sapina of Croatia during the middleweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystak Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Kang won gold after beating Sapina 2-0. His gold is Korea’s second at the tournament after Bae Jun-seo won the day before. [YONHAP]

BY PAIK JI-HWAN [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]