Beijing - China's Wu Jingyu took Olympic gold in the women's 49-kilogram taekwondo category Wednesday while Mexico's Guillermo Perez won the men's 58-kg event. World champion Wu beat Thailand's Buttree Puedpong 2-1 in her final while Daynellis Montejo of Cuba and Venezuela's Dalia Contreras Rivero claimed the bronze medals on offer.
Perez defeated Yulis Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic by a judges' vote after overtime in his bout while bronze went to Taiwan's Chu Mu-Yen and Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan, who secured his country's first Olympic medal in Beijing.
