Matea Jelic Wins Gold In Taekwondo At Tokyo Olympics

Matea Jelic wins gold in taekwondo at Tokyo Olympics. Jelic competes for Croatia and is the gold medalist in the women’s welterweight 57-67kg division. She won her match against Lauren William from Great Britain. It was a great match with lots of twists and turns. Jelic was born in Split which is the second largest city in Croatia. It is situated on Croatia’s beautiful Adriatic coast.

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art which resembles karate. It has been an Olympic sport since 2000 when it was first admitted to the games. Both training and competition generally take place on EVA mats. They are also sometimes referred to as taekwondo mats. It is a sport which is practices the world over which is why it was admitted into the Olympics in the first place.

In other news another Croatian athlete, Toni Kanaet,  also won a bronze medal in his Taekwondo match. Him match was against Nikita Rafalovich from Uzbekistan. Kanaet also hails from Split just like Matea Jelic. 

Hopefully one day they will also include MMA in the Olympics. This year they included Karate so it would only make sense to do so. Maybe even BJJ which is exploding in popularity at the moment. Fingers crossed!