[By WTF/NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Korea showed its supremacy in taekwondo as it won four gold medals on the second day of the 5th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Oct. 9, 2010.

Iran grabbed one gold medal, four silver medals and one bronze medal, while Turkey clinched one gold and four bronze medals. Vietnam won one gold medal. Host Uzbekistan took one silver and one bronze medal.

The second-day of the three-day poomsae championships, which takes place at the Universal Sports Palace Uzbekistan, featured seven events.

In the men’s individual 2nd master category, Korea’s Kap-Chell Hur won the gold medal and Iran’s Hadi Torkashvand took the silver. The bronze went to Turkey’s Selahaddin Sahin and Great Britain’s Ali Pourtaheri.

In the women’s individual 2nd master division, Korean Chung-Hee Chang took home the gold medal and Italy’s Clara Cecchetti captured the silver. Barbara Brand of the United States and Patricia C. Martinez de Rodriguez of Mexico shared the bronze medal.

In the men’s 2nd team division, a trio of Turkey’s Mustafa Yilmaz, Kemal Yilmaz, and Hayri Temel Alper won the gold medal, while Iran’s Mohammaddta Ghi Hatami, Hassan Zahedi Haghighi Gilani, and Ahmad Akhlaghi earned the silver. The bronze went to Spain’s Diego Carrillo, Bernardo Fidalgo, and Juan Antonio Santiago, and Uzbekistan’s Nee Alexander, Afinogenov Mikhail, and Lim Alexandr.

In the women’s 2nd team category, a trio of Iranian Badri Asadi, Mahnaz Mardani Kataki, and Zahra Eftekhari grabbed the gold, while Germany’s Imke Turner, Elvira Brigitte Fuhrmann, Kirsten Teren clinched the silver. The bronze went to Spain’s Yolanda Ubero, Maria Angeles Alonso, and Maria Monserrat Sanchez, and Turkey’s Gamze Sari, Nesime Altum, Nafia Unkarakalar.

In the men’s individual 1st senior category, Korean Ju-Min Yang earned his country the gold medal and Iran’s Alinadali Najafabadi won the silver. The bronze went to France’s Julien Van Phuong Le and Germany’s Thomas Sommer.

In the women’s individual 1st senior division, Korea’s Su-Ji Kang took the gold and Iran’s Mahsh Mardani won the silver. The bronze went to Turkey’s Rabia Kim andGermany’s Claudia Beaujean.

In the 1st pair division, Vietnam’s Minh Tu Nguyen and Dinh Toan Nguyen won the gold medal and Uzbekistan’s Lee Aleksandr and Dergach Irina took the silver. The bronze went to Turkey’s Rabia Kim and Fazli Karisik, and Iran’s Fatemeh Roushan Dashtaki and Akbar Forouzan.