Kicking for gold Taekwondo practitioner Kang Sang-hyun, right, kicks Ivan Sapina of Croatia during the middleweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystak Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. 2023.6.1
Going for gold Taekwondo practitioner Bae Jun-seo celebrates with the Korean flag after beating Georgi Gurtsiev 2-0 in the flyweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday. 2023.5.31
![Taekwondo practitioner Kang Sang-hyun, right, kicks Ivan Sapina of Croatia during the middleweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystak Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Kang won gold after beating Sapina 2-0. His gold is Korea's second at the tournament after Bae Jun-seo won the day before. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11217136.jpg?imageId=11217136&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Taekwondo practitioner Bae Jun-seo celebrates with the Korean flag after beating Georgi Gurtsiev 2-0 in the flyweight final of the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Bae's gold medal is Korea's first in this year's tournament and his first since the 2019 World Championships. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10052879.jpg?imageId=10052879&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)