Turkish taekwondo athlete wins gold medal in S. Korea

By Omer Hakan Kibar

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s Nur Tatar Azkari has won a gold medal in the 2017 World Taekwondo Championship on Tuesday in South Korea.

Bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Azkari, defeated her U.S. opponent Paige McPherson in the women’s under-67 kg final in the city of Muju.