Olympics: Cisse Wins First Ever Gold For Ivory Coast
Muhammad Rameez Published August 20, 2016 | 12:08 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Augst,2016) - Cheick Sallah Cisse won Ivory Coast's first ever gold medal in the Olympics with a kick in the last second of the men's under-80kg taekwondo final on Friday.
Cisse created history for the West African country when he stunned the third seed Lutalo Muhammad of Britain with a four-point score right at the death to win 8-6. Tunisia's Oussama Oueslati and Milad Beigi Harchgani of Turkey won the bronze medals.
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