11 August 2012 - 23H35  

Serbia's Mandic wins heavyweight taekwondo gold
Serbia's Milica Mandic (R) celebrates her victory over Russia's Anastasiia Baryshnikova at the end of their women's taekwondo semi-final bout in the +67kg category as part of the London 2012 Olympic games. Mandic beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France 9-7 to win the women's over-67kg taekwondo title.
Serbia's Milica Mandic (R) celebrates her victory over Russia's Anastasiia Baryshnikova at the end of their women's taekwondo semi-final bout in the +67kg category as part of the London 2012 Olympic games. Mandic beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France 9-7 to win the women's over-67kg taekwondo title.

AFP - Serbia's Milica Mandic beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France 9-7 to win the women's over-67kg taekwondo title at the ExCeL Arena on Saturday.

It was Serbia's first gold medal of these Games and their first ever Olympic medal in taekwondo.

Twice European champion Anastasia Baryshnikova of Russia took the first bronze with a sudden-death, golden point victory over Lee In-Jong of South Korea.

Mexico's Maria Espinoza may have surrendered her title from Beijing but she took the other bronze with a 4-2 win over Cuba's Glenhis Hernandez.

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