Paris Olympics: Tunisia's Firas Katoussi & Algeria's Imane Khelif win gold

Published August 9th, 2024 - 10:37 GMT
Gold medallist Tunisia's Firas Katoussi celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the taekwondo men's -80kg competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on August 9, 2024. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP)
Gold medallist Tunisia's Firas Katoussi celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the taekwondo men's -80kg competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on August 9, 2024. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP)

Tunisia's Firas Katoussi won the Taekwondo Men's -80kg gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday.

The Tunisian defeated Iran's Mehran Barkhordari 2-0 in the final bout at the Grand Palais in Paris to give his country its third medal at the Olympics.

Elsewhere, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China 5-0 in the final bout of the women’s welterweight division.

This is Algeria's second gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

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