Sometimes a guy just can’t win; and sometimes he can win big! Like the gold medal at the Pan American Taekwondo Open.
Overlooked for the London 2012 Olympics and suffering defeat at the 2013 opening-rounds of the Taekwondo World Championship in Puebla, Mexico, US contestant Aaron Cook finally won the gold at Mexico’s Pan American Open in Queretaro.
After defeating Javier Quesada of Costa Rica 12-3 Cook says he’s “Blessed to be awarded best fighter.”
With points totalling 122.91, he has earned enough to win an invitation to the inaugural World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series in Manchester. Winners of the December 13-15 Grand Prix earning 80 points could win an invitation to the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
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