Guangdong secured two gold medals and one bronze in the taekwondo competition of the 15th National Games, which concluded in Huizhou City, Guangdong, on September 29.
Guangdong team plays on their home turf in the event
The event spanned four days, featuring fierce competition among 134 athletes from 33 teams across the country, with a total of eight gold medals awarded.
First gold medal winner Huang Kefen from the Guangdong team enters the arena
A total of eight athletes represented Guangdong.
Among them, Wang Yaoxi won the gold medal in the men's +80kg category with a decisive 2-0 victory in the final.
Wang Yaoxi vs. a Shandong team player
Huang Kefen claimed the first gold medal awarded at the event on Sept 26 with a 2-1 overall win in the men's -58kg category final.
Huang Kefen rallies from a deficit in the first round
Meanwhile, in the men's -68kg bronze medal match, Yan Lei from the Guangdong team defeated a Jiangsu team player 2-0, earning a bronze medal for Guangdong.
Yan Lei on the right
Reporter | Huang Xinyi
Photo | Qin Shaolong, Xinhua News Agency, Huizhou Daily
Editor | Hu Nan, James Campion, Shen He
