Canada’s Skylar Park has advanced to a bronze-medal match in women’s taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris.
The 25-year-old from Winnipeg beat Turkey’s Hatice Kubra Ilgan 2-0 in a repechage to advance.
Park outscored Ilgan 6-4 in the first round and 3-2 in the second.
The Canadian lost her quarterfinal match to Kim Yujin of South Korea, but Kim reaching the final gave Park another chance at a medal via a repechage.
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Park will fight in one of two bronze-medal matches in Olympic taekwondo against Lebanon’s Laetitia Aoun.
Park beat Dominika Hronova of Czechia 2-0 in her opening match at the Grand Palais.
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