Skylar Park’s hopes for Olympic taekwondo bronze not lost despite quarterfinal defeat | CBC Sports

Canada’s Skylar Park lost her taekwondo quarterfinal but received the help she needed to continue fighting for a medal at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 25-year-old from Winnipeg fell 2-0 to Kim Yujin of South Korea, and thus needed Kim to reach the final of the women’s 57-kilogram division to get into a repechage later Thursday for a chance to battle for bronze.

Kim won her semifinal, meaning Park will fight in the repechage at 1:40 p.m. ET against Hatice Kübra İlgün of Turkey with the winner advancing to the bronze-medal match at 2:34 p.m.

Park was eliminated in a quarterfinal three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.

She lost 7-6, 9-5 to Kim on Thursday.

In the Round of 16 earlier in the day, the 25-year-old Park defeated Dominika Hronova of the Czech Republic 2-0.

Park handily won the first round 6-2 and overcame a two-point deficit in the second round by a 4-3 score.

The Canadian is ranked third in the world in her division.