Watch early-round competition in the 65kg and 97kg divisions.
Watch early-round competition in the 65kg and 97kg divisions.
Day 15 in Rio saw Brazil claim its first Olympic gold in men’s soccer. It saw the U.S. women’s basketball team breeze to a sixth consecutive title. It saw Gwen Jorgensen win triathlon gold, a first for the U.S. It saw Mo Farah add to his legacy as one of the greatest distance runners in history. And it saw the U.S. run away with both the women’s and men’s 4x400m relays.
Sound fun? It certainly was! Relive the day by watching all the top moments below.
Brazil outshoots Germany in penalties for men’s soccer gold
American women extend basketball dynasty
Mo Farah claims his distance ‘double-double’
U.S. women, men gallop to 4x400m relay titles
Gwen Jorgensen swims, bikes, runs to first U.S. triathlon gold
Chen Aisen wins men’s 10m platform diving, Boudia third
Inbee Park runs away with women’s golf gold
Matt Centrowitz wins first 1500m by American since 1908
RIO de JANEIRO — For a generation, USA Track & Field has been chasing an elusive goal: 30 Olympic medals.
Here in Rio, in a run at Olympic Stadium that underscores the major up-pointing trend in the American track and field scene, the Americans have — through Saturday night — won 31. The men’s marathon is yet to come Sunday. Those due to run include Meg Keflezighi, silver medalist at Athens 2004 and winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon.
On Saturday night, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. won the men’s 1500m in a front-running, tactically savvy 3:50 flat — the first gold for the United States in that race since 1908. In the men’s 5000, Britain’s Mo Farah won, completing the 2012 and 2016 5000m and 10,000m distance double, the American Paul Chelimo crossing the line second. Moments later, Chelimo was disqualified for a lane infringement; then, later, in the evening, he was reinstated, the first U.S. men’s 5k medal since Tokyo 1964.
Those were medals 28 and 29.
Then came the women’s and men’s 4×400 relays. Both American teams won, medals 30 and 31, Allyson Felix anchoring to a sixth straight Olympic victory for the U.S. women, the four women thereafter carrying around the stadium a banner that said, “Thank you, Rio.”
It’s easy to appreciate the dramatic contrast between these four American track and field standouts expressing their respect, and the actions of four American swimmers last Sunday in Rio, Ryan Lochte on Saturday acknowledging what he called his “immature behavior.”
The long-term Lochte fall-out remains uncertain. But with his purported robbery story dominating international headlines the second week of the Rio Games, Lochte instantly confirmed the worldwide caricature of the Ugly American.
That, in turn, opened the door for the U.S. track team.
And, in every regard, the track team showed up, performance-wise and character-wise.
The last time a U.S. track and field team won 30: Barcelona in 1992.
U.S. 5000m runner Abbey D’Agostino instantly became a symbol of Olympic goodwill when she and New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin collided, D’Agostino helping Hamblin up and both finishing the race. D’Agostino, it turned out, had run the final two kilometers of the race, just more than a mile, on a knee seriously injured in the tangle.
“By far the best part of my experience of the Olympics has been the community it creates, what the Games symbolizes,” D’Agostino said afterward in a statement.
“Since the night of opening ceremonies, I have been so touched by this — people from all corners of [the] globe, embracing their unique cultures yet all uniting under one celebration of the human body, mind and spirit. I just keep thinking about how that spirit of unity and peace is stronger than all the global strife we’re bombarded with and saddened by on a daily basis.”
This 2016 U.S. track and field team, amid a contentious presidential election back home, showed off the best — repeat, the best — of America: pluralism, tolerance, teamwork, sportsmanship.
Uniformly, the runners, jumpers and throwers proved appreciative, thankful, grateful — to family, friends, coaches, USATF, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Rio hosts.
As women’s hammer thrower DeAnna Price said, “I really want to thank the USOC and USATF for giving us this opportunity. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. We are spoiled and it’s really nice.”
Late Saturday, after running in the women’s 800, Kate Grace volunteered to reporters, without even being asked about the federation, “USATF has been amazing. I really feel like part of the group now.”
When Kerron Clement fell to his knees in victory just after 12 noon Thursday past the finish line of the men’s 400m hurdles, who came over to offer congratulations? The decathlon champion Ashton Eaton, who would go on Thursday evening to win his second straight gold medal, in an Olympic record 8,893 points.
The American women, it should be emphasized, keyed the team’s success, highlighted by the 1-2-3 sweep in the women’s 100m hurdles (Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali, Kristi Castlin), a first-ever gold in women’s 400m hurdles (Dalilah Muhammad) and first-ever American medals of any color in events such as the women’s 3000m steeplechase (Emma Coburn) and women’s 1500m (Jenny Simpson).
U.S. women won 16 of the team’s 31.
Michelle Carter won the very first medal, gold, in the shot put last Saturday, the first U.S. medal in women’s shot put since Rome 1960.
Afterward, she said, “I’ve been to three Olympics, so I hope I’ve learned something along the way. I was trying to pull from my experiences and just give it all on my last throw. I’m just grateful that I had this moment. This only comes around once every four years or once in a lifetime.”
These words underscore the huge and ongoing change in American track and field culture: increasingly and appropriately, the focus is right where it should be: on the athletes. And more — amid chief executive Max Siegel’s low-key but get-results way, it’s empowering athletes and staff to aim big and get the job done.
USATF revenue has more than doubled since Siegel took over just before the 2012 London Games, up to roughly $35 million this year. A 23-year, $500 million deal with Nike guarantees financial security; that deal, meanwhile, was just the trigger for a slew of new corporate sponsorships.
At headquarters in Indianapolis, Siegel and chief operating officer Renee Washington have — finally — made it clear that the professional staff is in charge, not volunteers spread all over the country.
At the international level, U.S. candidates won every elections held last year for track’s world governing body, the International Assn. of Athletics Federations. Stephanie Hightower — nominated by the USATF board in place of Bob Hersh — is now one of IAAF president Seb Coe’s key advisers.
The 2016 world indoors were staged in Portland, Oregon, in March. Eugene played host to the 2014 world junior championships; the 2021 world championships will be back in Eugene.
Personality-driven politics has long dominated USATF culture. Some of that still lingers, with critics seeking to find something — anything — wrong with Siegel’s approach.
The doubters, moreover, consistently said that what really matters is performance, and such performance when it counts most, at the Olympic Games.
The Rio total, 31 and maybe counting, offers the clear and concise checkmate.
Another facet of Siegel’s approach is to reflect credit onto staff. The Rio performance can thus be attributed in significant measure as well to Duffy Mahoney, USATF’s chief of high performance, as well as Robert Chapman, the federation’s sport science director, and Tim
Weaver, the team event manager.
“Having fun doing what I love to do and working with a great bunch of people. It doesn’t get any better than that,” Mahoney said late Saturday. “Trust me.”
Sometimes what staff does seems small but is big. Chapman, for instance, found apartments for distance runners near the Navy School. That afforded better options for training.
Sometimes what staff does is itself just big — Chelimo’s reinstatement, for instance, even though that bumped the 41-year-old American Kip Lagat out of the medals.
Late Saturday, Lagat said: “I feel like, ‘Yes, things happen.’ I guess if the rules are like that, whatever decision they want to make tonight I’m going to accept it. Then again if they tell me they gave it me by accident and take it back, no problem.”
The U.S. women’s 4x100m relay team got a re-do after an improper bump-and-run in Thursday’s prelims — qualifying for Friday night’s final, then blazing to victory in 41.01 — for two reasons:
One, Weaver had emphasized at a pre-competition team meeting that USATF stood ready to protect its athletes’ interests on the field of play but the athletes, for their part, had to do their part — for instance, finishing a relay in case of a dropped baton.
Two, when Felix, trying to pass to English Gardner, got bumped, the baton clattering to the blue track, Felix had the presence of mind to tell Gardner to go get it and run. Mahoney, with relationships built after decades in track and field, could then go present — successfully — the Americans’ case to international officials.
After running, this — unrehearsed, unprompted — is what Felix had to say in the area where athletes meet reporters:
“At our technical meeting, Tim Weaver really emphasized that if something happens, you have to pick up the baton and finish in order to protest. After the race, I was texting him, saying, ‘Thank you.’ I was so grateful, and USATF really advocated for us.”
The 4x100m and 4x400m relays made for Felix’s fifth and then sixth Olympic golds — most-ever by any woman, any country, in Games track history.
Ryan Crouser won gold in the men’s shot put with an Olympic record throw, 22.52m, or 73-10 3/4. A recent master’s degree graduate in finance (with honors) from the University of Texas at Austin, this is how he summed up his experience:
“It’s been a great preparation. I came down here early, some guys decided to come in late. I came in early and did opening ceremonies. This was my first Olympics so I wanted the full Olympic experience. It worked out well and practice couldn’t have gone any better. The USATF and USOC has been doing a great job giving us the opportunity to train not only in the U.S. but also down here, so I owe a lot to them.”
When Emma Coburn won that bronze in the women’s 3000m steeplechase, and Siegel offered congratulations, she said in a text message in return, “Thank you, Max!”
Then, referring to a program for elite athletes that supplements USOC and USATF insurance and medical care, she went on, “And thank you for providing such great medical care to the athletes — I worked with St. Vincent’s this year through injury and they were so helpful in getting me healthy. Thank you for providing that resource!”
On social media, it was much the same from other Americans.
From Jenny Simpson, that bronze in the women’s 1500:
From Brianna Rollins, who led an unprecedented 1-2-3 U.S. sweep in the women’s 100m hurdles:
Brittney Reese, silver in the women’s long jump, including a reference to the Chula Vista, California, Olympic Training Center, where medalists Jeffrey Henderson (gold, men’s long jump), Joe Kovacs (silver, men’s shot put) and Will Claye (silver, men’s triple jump) trained, too:
Sam Kendricks, bronze in the men’s pole vault:
Kendricks is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. During a practice jump here at Olympic Stadium, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ came booming out over the loudspeakers. Kendricks stopped, mid-run, put his pole down and stood at attention.
Kendricks was far from the only one, however, to sound just the right notes when it came to the red, white and blue.
“The medal is incredible,” Simpson said after Tuesday’s race. “To be the first American woman to medal in the 1500m is something that I have not allowed myself to think about until now. It feels incredible.
“I want to be someone that people are proud to cheer for. I didn’t decide to want to be that person this week or this year. I wanted to be that person 10 years ago at my first world championships …
“This has been a long ride of highs and lows and hopefully every American watching me race tonight can take a small piece of ownership in this medal.”
RIO de JANEIRO — The Olympics seek to promote three key values: excellence, friendship and respect. It thus follows logically that the Olympic ideal seeks to realize the best in each of us on the grounds that doing so makes all of us, together, better.
Sport has rules. These rules mean that a soccer game in Brussels is the same as a soccer game in Seoul is the same as a soccer game in Wichita.
In the person of Caster Semenya, the runner from South Africa who on Saturday night at Olympic Stadium dominated the women’s 800m, winning in 1:55.28, these two big ideas clash.
It is entirely unclear how these tensions could — or should — be resolved.
It is in the person of Semenya that sport stands at one of its new frontiers — at the intersection of science, cultural norms and evolving standards of gender fluidity.
Here is the background to a dilemma that, even for those with the best intentions, offers no easy answers:
Many if not most other athletes as well as medical experts and sports journalists believe Semenya is intersex — that is, with the anatomical characteristics of both males and females.
This condition can lead to something called “hyperandrogenism.”
In plain English: Semenya’s body produces much higher levels of testosterone. These levels are considerably higher than most other females.
Testosterone is the essential male hormone.
Among other, things, it builds bigger muscles.
Semenya burst onto the international scene at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. There she ran 1:55.45 to win the 800. The crowd that shouted at her as she walked from a holding room to receive her medal was, to put it as graciously as possible, unflattering.
To shorten what has since been a very long, circuitous and nuanced story:
After the Berlin worlds, the sport’s governing body, the International Assn. of Athletics Federations, passed what it called an “eligibility” rule for “females with hyperandrogenism.” The rule is widely believed to have put the testosterone ceiling at 10 nanomoles per liter. The normal range for females is .5 to 3. For men, the normal range is 10 to 30.
Last year, sport’s top court suspended that rule. The IAAF says it intends, probably by next year, to promulgate a new rule, with the input of scientific, medical and other experts.
Since the rule went away, Semenya has been all but unbeatable. This naturally has led to speculation that in the intervening years Semenya had been using medication to suppress testosterone levels but is no longer doing so.
This summer, at a meet in Monaco, the last significant event before the Games, Semenya ran a personal-best 1:55.33. She wasn’t even breathing hard at the end.
That 1:55.33, incidentally, was more than a second better than any of the other seven athletes in Saturday’s final. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi had the next-best personal-best, 1:56.24.
For weeks, the track and field community has been abuzz with the possibility that the world record, 1:53.28, set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova of what was then Czechoslovakia, would go down here in Rio. The Olympic record is 1:53.43, from the Soviet Union’s Nadezhda Olizarenko, at the 1980 Moscow Games.
That didn’t happen.
Semenya set a new national record with Saturday’s 1:55.28, Niyonsaba taking second in 1:56.49, Margaret Wambui of Kenya third in 1:56.89. The silver is the second medal in Olympic history for Burundi; Venuste Niyongabo won gold in the men’s 5000m in Atlanta in 1996.
Semenya essentially let the others hang around until about 150 meters to go. Then she turned on the jets.
“It’s all about the hard work, knowing your strengths and weaknesses. You work on what you know you can do best. I have speed,” Semenya said after the race. “So, yeah, I have speed.”
Another essential point of context:
Semenya did not ask for any controversy.
The haters — and there are many, indeed — have sometimes been just awful.
This is where the discussion must commence.
Semenya, like all of us and each of us, is entitled to a full measure of human dignity.
Asked the most appropriate response to the critics, Semenya said, “There’s nothing much I can say. I thank them for helping me to be a better person. For seeing a difference in the world — you know, for being a better person.
“If it wasn’t for them,” Semenya said, “I wouldn’t be a better person today. So I thank them all.”
She also said, “I don’t know but I think, yeah, sports are meant to unite people. I think that’s what we need to keep doing. It’s just fantastic.
“I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. That was my main focus – just doing it for my people.”
Seb Coe, the IAAF president, said at a news conference Saturday evening before the race, “This is a very sensitive issue. Referring to all those in Saturday’s women’s 800m, he said, “They are sisters. They are daughters. I have daughters and I know how I would feel if this played out in the way some people have tried to play this out.”
That said:
There is a key distinction to be drawn between gender identity and competing in events reserved in international sport for females.
That is, sport has rules.
You have to draw lines somewhere. That’s what “rules” are.
There are some who say that naturally enhanced testosterone level, if that is indeed a Semenya attribute, is not the reason Semenya is able to run the way she does. It’s more complicated, they say, citing factors such as coaching, diet and access to other resource.
The answer to that is elemental:
See the impact of testosterone on the East German females in the 1970s, particularly the swimmers. Compare their dramatic results with the non-dramatic impact of the same stuff on the East German men.
It is assuredly the case that the interests of intersex athletes deserve robust discussion if not protection. If those interests are indeed what is at issue, it is also believed in many track and field circles that Semenya was not the only such athlete in Saturday’s final.
At the same time, this cannot be only about intersex competitors.
The interests of females with “normal” testosterone levels must be taken into account as well.
What to say, for instance, to American Kate Grace? She won the U.S. Trials in a personal-best 1:59.10. In Friday’s semifinal, she lowered that to 1:58.79.
The upshot: Grace got a lane in Saturday’s race. But did she have a chance to win? Not remotely.
She finished eighth of eight, in 1:59.57, more than four seconds back of Semenya, nearly three out of the medals. In the 800m, that is a lot of time.
Is that fair?
This, then, is the central question, because sport — and the Olympics particularly — is supposed to be about fair play.
“We’re just racing bodies out there,” Grace said moments after the race in comments that, for emphasis, were not intended to be and should not be read as critical.
“Everyone knew [those] who were racing, were racing legally. There has been — people are clean, which I think is, like, awesome to know you’re racing against clean athletes. To know that I got here as a clean athlete is great. That’s, like, kind of the only place my mind has been right now. I haven’t really been thinking about any other implications, just because I’ve had to be totally focused on my races.”
Asked what she would do if she were the IAAF, Grace said, “I’m not the IAAF. I don’t know. I won’t right now, in my post-race tiredness, tell them what to do. For me personally, I could improve. There are some women out there that I believe — there are people out there I believe I can beat. And that’s my focus.”
Jenny Lang Ping has her name in the volleyball history books.
Lang Ping was already the first woman to coach in a gold medal match but with China’s victory over Serbia in four sets Saturday (19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23), she also became the first person to win gold as both a player and a coach.
The Chinese followed the same script in the gold medal match as they did throughout the whole tournament, coming together late and getting hot at the right time.
China entered the Rio Olympics as the No. 3 team in the world, but started out the Rio Olympics with a surprising loss to the Netherlands and finished just 2-3 in prelims.
But things started to click for the Chinese late, pulling off an epic comeback against host Brazil in the quarterfinals and then getting some revenge on the Netherlands in the semis.
This is the third gold medal for China women’s volleyball, also taking home the accolade in 2004 and 1984. The Chinese women have also taken home silver in 1996 and bronze in 2008 and 1988.
Serbia is taking home a medal for the first time ever.
In some ways, a bronze medal match has more pressure than the gold medal contest.
No matter what happens in the gold medal volleyball match, both teams go home with a medal. In the bronze medal match, only one team leaves with hardware while the other boards a flight out of Rio empty-handed.
There’s also the psychological factor.
Both teams playing in the bronze medal match were one win away from playing for a gold medal and instead have to shift gears and worry about getting over the disappointment and coming back to perform at a high level.
That’s the task at hand for the U.S. men’s volleyball team, which has had to endure the same disappointment fellow American volleyball teams have in Rio.
Both the Kerri Walsh Jennings-April Ross beach duo and the women’s indoor team had expectations of playing in the gold medal match only to suffer a loss in the semifinals and have to rebound to salvage a bronze.
As has been well-documented by now, the USA men got out to a rough start in the Rio Olympics, losing the first two matches in the preliminary round before ripping off a 4-0 run that included taking down the top-ranked team in the world (Brazil) in front of its home crowd in the prelims and then the No. 2 team (Poland) in a quarterfinals sweep.
But the story of the U.S. men’s tournament right now is their inability to beat Italy, which might be playing the best volleyball of any team in Rio.
Italy beat the U.S. in four sets in prelims and then in five sets in the semifinals on Thursday and now will play for the gold against host Brazil Sunday afternoon.
But first, Team USA will take on Russia in the bronze medal contest at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The two men’s medal matches are rematches from the 2004 Athens Games, when Brazil beat Italy for gold and Russia beat the U.S. for bronze.
Russia was no match for the Brazil in front of a wild crowd in the semifinals Thursday, dropping all three sets to the hosts.
Gold: Thomas Rohler (GER), 90.30m
Silver: Julius Yego (KEN), 88.24m
Bronze: Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago), 85.38m
It was a night of the expected in the men’s javelin throw, with no black horse medal winners coming out of the woodwork to challenge the favorites for a place on the podium.
For a bit, it looked as though Kenya’s Julius Yego – who many know as “Mr. YouTube” because he learned to throw the javelin by watching YouTube videos – might come out on top, after throwing a season-best 88.24m in his first attempt. Unfortunately, he had to be wheeled out of the stadium in a wheelchair due to an ankle injury. But his first throw held up, as he finished with the silver.
The only one who was able to catch him was Germany’s Thomas Rohler, who owns the two top throws in the world this year and was the gold medal favorite coming into Rio. It was only in his fifth attempt that he was able to overtake Yego, throwing for 90.30m.
Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, the reigning Olympic champion, was able to stay on the podium for a second straight Olympic games, just beating out fourth-place Johannes Vetter of Germany by 0.06m for the bronze medal.
The Czech Republic’s Vitezlav Vesely, however, who was predicted to finish on the podium, finished only in seventh, with a mark of 82.51m.
On the women’s side, Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic took the bronze behind Croatia’s Sara Kolak and South Africa’s Sunette Viljoen.
Gold: United States
Silver: Jamaica
Bronze: Bahamas
Just minutes after the U.S. women’s 4x400m team won the gold medal, LaShawn Merritt crossed the finish line in first place to secure the gold medal for the men’s 4x400m team Saturday night in Rio.
The U.S. men finished second to the Bahamas at the 2012 Olympics, but they won six of the previous seven gold medals.
Arman Hall started the relay for the U.S. and passed the baton to Tony McQuay, who handed off to Gil Roberts. Merritt, the 2008 Olympic 400m champion, ran the anchor leg and crossed the finish line in 2 minutes, 57.30 seconds.
Merrrit was a busy man in Rio. He ran seven races over the past nine days, claiming the 400m bronze medal and finishing sixth in the 200m.
McQuay was the only holdover from the U.S. 4x400m team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. In London, Manteo Mitchell memorably continued to run even after breaking his leg in the opening round.
The other U.S. men’s relay team was not as successful in Rio. The 4x100m relay team finished third, but was disqualified because of an illegal baton exchange between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin.
GOLD MEDAL MATCHES:
Maria Espinoza (Mexico) vs. Zheng Shuyin (China)
China’s Zheng Shuyin, the No. 2 ranked fighter in her discipline, defeats Mexico’s Maria Espinoza to win the taekwondo heavyweight gold medal in Rio.
Shuyin kicked off the scoring with a body kick, utilizing her range advantage over Espinoza.
No strikes registered in the second round.
Late in the third round, Espinoza went for a spinning kick, but Shuyin read it and countered with her own strikes en route to the gold.
Espinoza is the fourth taekwondo athlete to win three Olympic medals.
Shuyin def. Espinoza 5-1.
Radik Isaev (Azerbaijan) vs. Issoufou Alfaga Abdoulrazak (Niger)
Azerbaijan’s Radik Isaev defeats Niger’s Issoufou Alfaga Abdoulrazak to win gold in the 80+kg taekwondo event.
The gold medalist formerly competed for Russia until 2012.
First score went to Isaev in the second round, when he landed a head kick.
Right off the bat in the third round, Isaev landed another head kick, chopping down on Abdoulrazak.
Isaev displayed excellent defense all match, never letting Abdoulrazak get comfortable. He only gave up points when scampering away from strikes to preserve his lead.
For Abdoulrazak, he delivers his home country their best-ever Olympic result.
Isaev def. Abdoulrazak 6-2.
BRONZE MEDAL MATCHES:
Bianca Walkden (Great Britain) vs. Wiam Dislam (Morocco)
Walkden opened up the scoring in the second round with a vicious head kick, then a push kick to end the round up four.
The British fighter scored another head kick in the third, and put the fight out of reach for Dislam.
Walkden def. Dislam 7-1.
Mahama Cho (Great Britain) vs. Maicon de Andrade Siqueira (Brazil)
After a scoreless first round, Cho scored a head kick for three points, but fell in the process giving Sequeira a point.
Sequeira tied the match in the final round, then scored the winning body kick strike within the final seconds of the match to steal the bronze from Cho.
Siqueira def. Cho 5-4.
Jackie Galloway (United States) vs. Gwladys Epangue (France)
Galloway scored first, registering a body kick. This was the only point of the first round.
The second round went scoreless.
The U.S. fighter scored another body kick early in the final round, but Epangue scored one right back to bring the deficit back to one.
Galloway defended well for the rest of the round, and held on to win the bronze medal.
Galloway def. Epangue 2-1.
Cha Dong-min (South Korea) vs. Dmitriy Shokin (Uzbekistan)
The first round of the match was scoreless, but kicks started landing in the second, with Dong-min taking a 3-2 advantage into the final round.
Shokin equalized halfway through the third round. The third round would end tied.
Early into the sudden death round, Dong-min landed a kick to the body to win the bronze medal.
Dong-min def. Shokin 4-3.
REPECHAGE:
Wiam Dislam (Morocco) vs. Kirstie Alora (Philippines)
Dislam def. Alora 7-5.
Maicon de Andrade Siqueira (Brazil) vs. M’Bar N’Diaye (France)
Siqueira def. N’Diaye 5-2.
Nisha Rawal (Nepal) vs. Gwladys Epangue (France)
Epangue def. Rawal 4-3.
Ruslan Zhaparov (Kazakhstan) vs. Cha Dong-min (South Korea)
Dong-min def. Zhaparov 15-8.