Hwang Kyungseon of South Korea and Sheikha Maitha Almaktoum of United Arab Emirates, left, fight during their women's 67kg preliminary round of 16 taekwondo match.
Hwang Kyungseon of South Korea and Sheikha Maitha Almaktoum of United Arab Emirates, left, fight during their women's 67kg preliminary round of 16 taekwondo match.
Hwang Kyungseon of South Korea and Sheikha Maitha Almaktoum of United Arab Emirates, left, fight during their women's 67kg preliminary round of 16 taekwondo match.
Hwang Kyungseon of South Korea and Sheikha Maitha Almaktoum of United Arab Emirates, left, fight during their women's 67kg preliminary round of 16 taekwondo match.

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Sheikha Maitha falls short in medal pursuit

Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid bows out of the Olympics after suffering two defeats in the women's 67kg taekwondo.

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Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid bowed out of the Olympics on Friday after suffering two defeats in the women's 67kg taekwondo. She bowed 5-1 to Hwang Kyung-Seon, six years her junior, from South Korea - homeland of the martial art marked by kicking, punching and yelling - in the first round. As Hwang reached the final, Sheikha Maitha was given a spot in the second-chance round of losers, the repechage. But she was overpowered 4-0 by Croatia's Sandra Saric. *AFP

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