Park Tae-joon captured gold in the lightest division in men's taekwondo on Wednesday for South Korea's first title in its traditional martial at the Paris Olympics.Park defeated Gashim Magomedov of Azerbaijan 2-0 (9-0, 13-1) in the men's -58-kilogram final at Grand Palais in Paris on the first day of the taekwondo competition.Earlier in the day, Park knocked off world No. 1 from Tunisia, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, in the semifinals to set up a duel against Magomedov. Park then grabbed his first career gold after Magomedov withdrew with 1:02 left in the second round due to injury.This is South Korea's 12th gold medal of the Paris Olympics, one shy of its Summer Games record with four days left.Source : Yonhap News Agency

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