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- Afghan joy as medallist returns - Thousands of jubilant Afghans pack Kabul's national stadium to welcome home Rohullah Nikpai, the nation's first Olympic medallist.
- Taekwondo to adopt new technology - Taekwondo will use an electronic protector system and video replays at London 2012 in a bid to avoid the Beijing judging controversies.
- Matos rage overshadows Cha gold - South Korea's Cha Dong-min wins gold in the men's +80kg taekwondo, but former champion Angel Valodia Matos is banned for life for attacking the referee.
- Reprieved Stevenson takes bronze - Sarah Stevenson takes GB's first Olympic taekwondo medal with bronze in the women's +67kg event after an amazing day.
- Iran's Saei takes 80kg gold - Hadi Saei takes gold in the men's 80kg taekwondo after Britain's Aaron Cook misses out on a bronze medal.
- South Korea win secure golds - South Korea's Son Tae-Jin wins the men's taekwondo -68kg gold and Lim Su-Jeong takes the women's 57kg crown.
- Afghans win first Olympic medal - Rohullah Nikpai wins Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medal by taking bronze in the taekwondo men's 58kg category.
- Perez claims Mexico's first gold - Guillermo Perez wins Mexico's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with victory in the men's -58kg taekwondo.
- Harvey loses to top Mexican - Briton Michael Harvey's hopes of a taekwondo medal are dented by a sudden-death defeat to Mexico's Guillermo Perez in the men's -58kg category.
- Sarah Stevenson's BOA biog
