Olympics: Cisse wins first ever gold for Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse (down) celebrates after winning the men's taekwondo gold medal bout in the -80kg category as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on August 19.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Cheick Sallah Cisse won Ivory Coast's first ever gold medal in the Olympics with a kick in the last second of the men's under-80kg taekwondo final on Friday.
Cisse created history for the West African country when he stunned the third seed Lutalo Muhammad of Britain with a four-point score right at the death to win 8-6.
Tunisia's Oussama Oueslati and Milad Beigi Harchgani of Turkey won the bronze medals.
