Taekwondo Taejun Park wins silver medal at Paris Grand Prix... Defeated by their nemesis JANDI in the finals

Taejun Park lost to Abolfazl Zandi (Iran) with a round score of 0-2 (4-7 6-11) in the final of the men's 58kg class on the first day of the competition held at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret near Paris, France on the 9th (local time).

Taejun Park, who won the silver medal, took second place in two consecutive Grand Prix competitions.

Jandi, the winner of this weight class at last year's Wuxi World Championships, has shown a particularly strong side to Korean athletes, to the point where she is called the 'Korean Killer'.

Taejun Park lost to JANDI in the round of 16 of the 2023 Paris Grand Prix and the semifinals of the Asia President's Cup in August this year.

Taejun Park lost the lead by allowing a head attack at the end of the first round, and struggled with Jandi's kicks in the second round, failing to cross the threshold of victory.

Song Da-bin, the only Korean sparring athlete to win a gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, lost to Ruerner Marton (Hungary) with a round score of 0-2 (0-4 2-7) in the women's over-67kg quarterfinals held on this day.

Song Da-bin, who successively reached the top spot at the Muju Grand Prix and the Asian Games, failed to win a medal at this competition.

Asian Games bronze medalist Kang Sang-hyeon (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council) was eliminated in the men's over-80 kg round of 16 after losing to Ar Floris (Belarus) with a round score of 0-2 (2-12 3-13).