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Brazil's Pacheco Upsets Olympic Champion at Taekwondo Worlds
10/26/2025
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- The 2025 World Taekwondo Championships began October 24 in Wuxi, China, and will run daily finals across 14 weight categories through October 30.
- Maria Clara Pacheco of Brazil won the Women's -57kg gold, defeating Olympic champion Kim Yu-jin of Korea, in what marked her debut at the championships.
- In the Men's +87kg final, Kang Sanghyun of Korea defeated Rafail Aiukaev, an Individual Neutral Athlete, to win his second world title.
