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Lopez wins taekwondo gold for US

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SYDNEY, Sept 28 (AFP) - Steven Lopez, the 1998 World Cup winner, narrowly beat South Korea's Sin Joon-Sik in the men's taekwondo 68kg featherweight final Thursday.

The 21-year-old Lopez, who also won the Pan American title in 1998 and 1999, was down 0-1 after the first round, but the deficit was ereased when Sin was deducted one point after being warned for passivity in the second and third rounds.

Lopez scored a point with a kick halfway through the third and final round which carried him to the top of the Olympic podium.

Sin, a 20-year-old student at Kyunghee University, had earlier upset world champion Hadi Saeibonehkohal of Iran 5-3 in the semi-finals.

Saeibonehkohal, a three-times World Cup winner, came through to consolation round to win the bronze medal, beating Austria's Tuncay Caliskan 4-2.

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