Mandic takes gold at tournament in Austria

INNSBRUCK - Olympic champion Milica Mandic has taken a gold medal in the women's under 73kg event at the Austrian Open Taekwondo Championships in Innsbruck.

Thus, the Serbian athlete secured on Sunday another 10 points for the world rankings and strengthened her position ahead of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix that will take place in China in July.

At the very start, Mandic beat Sude Bulut of Turkey 4-1, and then Zuzanna Pietka of Poland (13-0). Mandic defeated another Turkish athlete, Furkan Aydin, in the semi-final (6-4), and in the final she secured a golden-point victory over Resmie Oogink, an experienced Dutch fighter.

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