Hungary and Thailand win first gold medals of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships on day five
WUXI, China (Oct. 28, 2025) – Hungary’s Luana Márton won the Women’s -67kg on day five at the World Taekwondo Championships, while Banlung Tubtimdang of Thailand triumphed in the Men’s -68kg.
WUXI, China (Oct. 28, 2025) – Hungary’s Luana Márton won the Women’s -67kg on day five at the World Taekwondo Championships, while Banlung Tubtimdang of Thailand triumphed in the Men’s -68kg.
Both athletes won their country’s first gold medals at Wuxi 2025, with Márton crowned world champion for the second time at the age of 19.
She overcame Milena Titoneli of Brazil in the Women’s -57kg final, her opponent winning her third career World Taekwondo Championships medal. Spain’s Lena Moreno Reyes and Nigeria’s Elizabeth Oluchi Anyanacho took the bronze medals.
Tubtimdang beat Korea’s Yuh Yeon Seong in the Men’s -68kg final, while bronze medals went to Croatia’s Matija Crep and the USA’s Maikol Rodriguez.
Women’s -67kg
Márton triumphed at Baku 2023 in the Women’s -57kg category, and was equally as impressive having moved up to -67kg in Wuxi.
An outstanding first round of the final against Titoneli saw her control proceedings to win it 8-1, and although the second round was closer, Márton defended well and edged it 2-1 to take gold.
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Márton produced a statement of intent in the round of 32 with a resounding win against Paris 2024 Olympics bronze medallist Kristina Teachout of the USA, and recovered from losing her only round of the day to beat home favourite Jie Song of China in the quarter-final.
The semi-final pitted her against Reyes, the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenge gold medallist in Charlotte and bronze medallist in Muju, where another strong showing helped her to progress in two rounds.
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In the other half of the draw, Titoneli claimed a dramatic victory against Anyanacho in the deciding third round of the semi-final. That enabled her to improve on her bronze medals at Manchester 2019 and Guadalajara 2022, but it was to be silver rather than gold.
Men’s -68kg
After winning silver in the -63kg weight category in Baku, Tubtimdang went one better in the -68kg in Wuxi as he produced a fine victory against Seong, who emerged as one of the stars of Wuxi 2025 with a series of eye-catching performances.
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Tubtimdang scored highly throughout the day and that continued in the first round of the final, which he won 10-5. The second round was closely fought, but Tubtimdang was strong on the counter attack in the closing stages as Seong pushed for points, and he took it 7-1 to seal gold.
He had earlier won his two rounds of the semi-final 6-4 and 16-3 against Crep.
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Seong was involved in an intriguing semi-final which went the distance against Rodriguez, and he took a tight deciding round 2-1 to seal his place in the final.
Day six of the World Taekwondo Championships will feature competition in the Men’s -58kg and Women’s -62kg weight categories.
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