Taekwondo fighters Milad Beigi Harchegani and Farida Aziziova will launch their medal quests in the men’s 80kg and women’s 67kg weight classes respectively.
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Muhammad won bronze at London 2012 and will look to go one better and he moved into a decivie lead in the second round of his semi-final and held his advantage.
His quarter-final clash was much tougher as he drew veteran American Steven Lopez, victor of the gold medals in 2000 and 2004, but Muhammad again impressed in claiming a 9-2 win.
Fellow Brit Aaron Cook suffered a shock 14-2 defeat to Wei-Ting Liu earlier today.
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The 25-year-old shrugged off a nightmare draw to book his place in the late night final with a nerveless 12-7 win over Azerbaijan’s reigning European champion Milad Beigi Harchegani. Cook’s hopes of going through the bronze medal repechage ended when Liu was beaten in the quarter-finals.
