Mandic wins taekwondo tournament for Serbia's first gold
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Serbia's Milica Mandic upset the reigning world champion to claim taekwondo gold in the women's heavyweight division Saturday at the London Games.
Mandic beat top-seeded Anne-Caroline Graffe of France by a 9-7 score to win the over-67-kilogram class and earn the first gold for Serbia since it split with Montenegro after the 2006 Winter Games. Montenegro claimed its first medal since the division on Saturday, grabbing a silver in women's handball.
The Serbian fighter also defeated defending gold medalist Maria del Rosario Espinoza of Mexico in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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"I just can't believe it," said Mandic. "I'm so proud I did it for my country."
While Graffe won a silver, del Rosario Espinoza and Russia's Anastasia Baryshnikova settled for bronze.
In the men's heavyweight (over-80kg) class, Anthony Obame lost to Italy's Carlo Molfetta in the final match but he still earned silver for Gabon's first Olympic medal.
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While Obame won his country's first medal in any Olympic sport, Molfetta became the second Italian fighter to medal in taekwondo. Italy's Mauro Sarimiento previously won a silver in 2008 and a bronze here in London in the men's under-80kg division.
Cuba's Robelis Despaigne and Liu Xiaobo of China were awarded heavyweight bronze.