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Olympic taekwondo: Gonzalez stuns Lee for gold

Spain`s Joel Gonzalez thrashed South Korea`s Lee Daehoon for Olympic gold in the final of the men`s flyweight taekwondo tournament Wednesday

London: Spain`s Joel Gonzalez thrashed South Korea`s Lee Daehoon for Olympic gold in the final of the men`s flyweight taekwondo tournament Wednesday.
Gonzalez, a flyweight world champion, downed Lee 17-8 in a one-sided contest that saw the Korean beaten in every round. Lee is a 2011 world champion in the bantamweight division. Bronze medals in the tournament`s two repechage bouts went to Oscar Munoz Oveido of Colombia and Russia`s Alexei Denisenko. IANS