TEAM GB narrowly missed out on their 15th gold medal of the Paris Olympics after Caden Cunningham claimed silver in taekwondo.
Cunningham took on Iran’s Arian Salimi in the men’s 80kg+ final on Saturday evening.
RexGreat Britain’s Caden Cunningham won silver in the men’s 80kg+ taekwondo final[/caption]
APCunningham lost out on gold to Iran’s Arian Salimi[/caption]
PACunningham lost 2-1 on rounds[/caption]
The British heavyweight, originally from Huddersfield, won the first round 6-3.
Round two went to his opponent with a rousing score of 9-1 after a series of strong head kicks.
But Salimi took the decisive third round 6-3 to deny Cunningham ultimate Olympic glory.
His win came after Rebecca McGowan suffered heartbreak as she lost out on bronze in the women’s 67kg+ taekwondo with a last second kick from Turkey’s Nafia Kus Aydin.
More to follow.
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