AFP, Seoul :
Great Britain picked up a first gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships on Wednesday in South Korea as Bianca Walkden defeated Jackie Galloway of the United States.
The two bronze medallists from the 2016 Rio Olympics met in the Over-73 kg category in the southern South Korean city of Muju.
Walkden overcame Galloway 14-4 in the final of the event that ends Friday.
There was less positive news for the United Kingdom in the men’s Under-87kg class as Lutalo Muhammad, who missed out on gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the last seconds of the final, crashed out at the second round after a 21-6 defeat at the hands of Smayil Duisebay of Kazakhstan.
Turkey picked up a second gold to move second in the medal table as Zeliha Agris defeated Tatiana Kudashova of Russia in the final of the women’s Under-53kg category with a score of 11-8.
