Steven Lopez, a 23-year-old featherweight (68kg/150 lbs.) from Sugar Land, Texas, earned the United States its lone taekwondo medal of the Sydney Games. In the final against South Korean Sin Joon-Sik, ...
Eden Prairie transplant John Wilson remembers the bullying incident as if it happened yesterday. “After he grabbed me by the collar of my jersey, he punched me right between the eyes,” he said.
In her Olympic debut, Zolotic defeated Russian Tatiana Minina to win the women's 57kg taekwondo final. It was Team USA's first gold in the sport since Steven Lopez finished on top in 2004, and it ...