In the over 80 kg category, Ivan Šapina proved invincible. In quarterfinals he defeated Dinko Šegedin of BiH with 24-3, then in semifinals Italy's Roberto Botta (18-15) and finally the Moroccan representative Ayoub Bassel (35-25).
Bruno Duvančić secured at least bronze in the 49kg category with a quarterfinals’ victory 11-9 against Tunisia's Ikram Dhahri, and then got stuck on his way to the finals in a 7-5 match against Turkey's Merva Dincel.
Lovro Brečić also won bronze in the 68 kg category. He started with a 26-6 victory over San Marino's Michele Ceccaroni and a convincing 42-10 quarterfinals’ victory against Albania's Juird Cani. But then he lost the semifinals’ match with Turkey's Hakan Recber (33-36).
With three Taekwondo medals, the number of Croatian medals in Algeria - 18 in total, exceeded the number of medals from the previous Games in Tarragona (17 medals).
Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) congratulates Ivan Šapina on winning gold and Bruno Duvančić and Lovro Brečić on winning bronze medals in Taekwondo at the Mediterranean Games in Oran!
