Crismanich (ARG) Wins Men’s -80kg Taekwondo Gold - London 2012 Olympics

📲 Subscribe to @olympics: Argentina’s Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich wins the gold medal in the men’s taekwondo -80kg event at the London 2012 Olympic Games with Nicolas Garcia Hemme, Lutalo Muhammad and Mauro Sarmiento completing the medal line-up. Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art, which means “the way of kicking and punching“. In taekwondo, hands and feet can be used to overcome an opponent, but the trademark of the sport is its combination of kick movements. Taekwondo is one of the two Asian martial arts included on the Olympic programme. Taekwondo made its debut as a demonstration Olympic sport at the 1988 Seoul Games, and became an official medal sport at the 2000 Sydney Games. Find more about Taekwondo at _____________________________________________________ 🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: 🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: