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After suffering his
first-ever defeat in three Olympic Games, and first loss in six
years, welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)
rebounded to win a bronze medal Friday night at the Beijing
University of Science and Technology Gymnasium.
Italy's Mauro Sarmiento, the eventual silver medalist, defeated
Lopez in sudden-death overtime in the quarterfinal round. When
Sarmiento advanced to the finals, Lopez was entered into the
repechage for one of two bronze medals. Lopez defeated Sebastien
Konan from the Ivory Coast, 3-0, and then defeated Azerbaijan's
Rashad Ahmadov for the bronze medal, 3-2. Iran's Hadi Saei won the
gold medal.
"I came here expecting to win a gold medal, but I guess it
wasn't in the cards today," said Lopez. "I should have
been in the finals. It's hard, but I'm happy with the bronze. It's
better than nothing. I have two ways to look at it, either
succumb to it and think 'I should have been in the finals', but a
champion goes out there with dignity and I wanted to prove to
myself and others that I am the best." Lopez also said he
plans to compete again at the 2012 Olympic...
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Men's featherweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land,
Texas) took the Olympic silver medal on Thursday at the
Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Lopez lost
the gold medal match to Korea's Son Taejin, 3-2,
after Taejin scored the winning point in the final seconds of the
third round.
"Of course I wanted the gold medal," said Mark Lopez.
"I came here for the gold medal but I got silver and you've
got to be happy with that."
Mark's younger sister, Diana Lopez (Sugar
Land, Texas), also captured an Olympic medal on Thursday
winning the bronze medal in the women's featherweight division. She
defeated Italy's Veronica Calabrese in sudden
death overtime to claim the medal. "I am just so happy,
so emotional," Diana Lopez said. "To compete at this
level and at this venue is an honor."
Eldest brother Jean Lopez, coached both his
younger siblings to their podium finishes. "This time she
really honed in on what I've been saying to her," Jean Lopez
said about Diana's bronze medal bout. "I said she didn't have
this oppportunity before and it might not be something
that she gets the opportunity to do again. I told her that the
medal is her hardware. Her kids will brag about this medal
and her grandkids will brag about this medal."...
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semifinals of 80kg division of Taekwondo, earning a bronze medal in
the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Lopez, the favorite
to win the gold medal, lost to Iran's Hadi Saei in Lopez's first loss
since 2002. Lopez is the defending gold medal winner, having won the
medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Lopez's medal gives the esteemed Lopez family three
medals in the Olympic Games. However, none of them are gold medals.
Brother Mark won the silver medal and sister Diana won the bronze on
Thursday. Mark, Diana and brother Steven entered the Olympic Games
together, the first time that three siblings were on the same team
since 1904. To make the family ties that much closer, their older
brother Jean is the U.S. taekwondo coach...
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