Siwoo Lee won the women’s −49 kg title without dropping a round, while Po-Yu Cheng defeated junior world champion Asadbek Samandarov in the men’s −55 kg final.

The two titles followed Sunday’s opening wins by Croatia’s Petra Uglešić in the women’s −44 kg division and Egypt’s Youssef Hassan Kamal in the men’s −48 kg division.

Lee adds Youth Olympic gold to her junior world title

Lee, a gold medalist at the 2026 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Tashkent, won all three of her bouts in Dakar 2–0. Macdonald reached the final by beating Cyprus’ Ioanna Konstantinou 2–1. She took silver after becoming the first Taekwondo athlete from Oceania to compete at a Youth Olympic Games, according to World Taekwondo.

Cheng takes gold in three rounds

Cheng beat Bolivia’s Alejandro Tordoya Ayaviri 2–0 in the semifinals before defeating Samandarov, who also won a junior world title in Tashkent. Niger earned a bronze in each division through Housseina Zada Mamoudou and Abdoul Aziz Issifi Mamoudou. World Taekwondo reported that both attended its 2024 Olympic Solidarity camp in Senegal and that Tordoya attended camps in South America in 2024 and 2025.

Day Two Medalists

Women’s Kyorugi −49 kg

• 🥇 Siwoo Lee — South Korea.
• 🥈 Mackenzie Macdonald — Australia.
• 🥉 Ioanna Konstantinou — Cyprus.
• 🥉 Housseina Zada Mamoudou — Niger.

Men’s Kyorugi −55 kg

• 🥇 Po-Yu Cheng — Chinese Taipei.
• 🥈 Asadbek Samandarov — Uzbekistan.
• 🥉 Alejandro Tordoya Ayaviri — Bolivia.
• 🥉 Abdoul Aziz Issifi Mamoudou — Niger.

Competition continues Tuesday, November 10, with the women’s −55 kg and −63 kg divisions and the men’s −63 kg division.

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