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Hou Yuzhuo, Taekwondo World Champion: How was the first golden leg in Asia tempered?

In the world sports, Taekwondo has always been the "monopoly" event of its birthplace, and China's road to winning the championship is often blocked by this tiger, which has become a "curse" that puzzles China. Until the World Championships in Copenhagen, Hou Yuzhuo, a girl from Zhangjiakou, Hebei, was killed. In the semi-final, Hou Yuzhuo eliminated China's arch-rival, South Korea's Lin Xiujing, and defeated Britain's Luis in the final, winning the 57kg gold medal in this World Championships. The curse that has plagued China for many years has finally been broken. In the world rankings published by the World Taekwondo Federation, China's name finally surpassed the Korean and became the first 1.