Both fighters opened slowly, and Lim was deducted a point for passivity. Lim, the 2007 World University Games champion, scored a kick in the second round to even it up going into the third round and scored the winning back kick with 20 seconds left.

Diana Lopez of the United States won bronze with a match-ending kick in overtime against Italy's Veronica Calabrese. Winning the other bronze was Martina Zubcic of Croatia, who defeated Taiwan's Su Li-wen in overtime. Taekwondo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.

Earlier Turkey's Servet Tazegül defeated Californian-born Peter Lopez of Peru 1-0 in the men’s 68-kilogram to win the bronze, but the mostly Chinese spectators reacted because Tazegül ran off the mat in the dying seconds to avoid engaging his opponent. Thursday’s results mean the Turks have won a total of six medals -- one gold, three silver and two bronze.

Son Tae-jin won South Korea taekwondo gold in this division after defeating Mark Lopez of the United States 3-2 in a breathless final. Sung Yu-Chi of Taiwan scored in the dying moments of a thrilling bout with Germany's Daniel Manz, to win 4-3 and take the other bronze. Taekwondo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.

In the meantime, Turkish boxer Yakup Kılıç has been guaranteed a bronze medal in the men's 57-kilogram event after qualifying for the semifinal and will be trading punches with Ukraine’s Vasyl Lomachenko today.

Jamaica sweeps sprint golds, humbling US

Elsewhere on Thursday, Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds with victory in the women's 200 meters, humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower.

The Americans went through a nightmare with both the women and the men dropping their batons during the heats of the 4x100-meter relay to crash out. They also lost the women’s softball final, the first time they have failed to win gold in that event.

The Caribbean island's Veronica Campbell-Brown powered to gold in the 200 meters, taking a meter lead by the halfway mark. The 2004 winner's face was creased with pain but broke into a broad grin at the finish, where she dropped to her knees for a prayer. American world champion Allyson Felix came second and 100-meter silver medalist Kerron Stewart of Jamaica was third. The victory will bring more rejoicing to an island already exultant over the two world records and double sprint gold of Usain “Lightning” Bolt.

The US won in the men's 400 meters, where LaShawn Merritt beat defending champion Jeremy Wariner to deliver the seventh straight gold in the event for the Americans.

Americans enjoy success in women's beach volleyball

An excited home crowd sheltered from torrential rain as China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie lost to the defending champions, US pair Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, in straight sets. May-Treanor and Walsh, who have dominated the sport for five years, left the door open to a return in London 2012, but said that might depend on plans to have children.

The rain did not matter to the men's marathon swimmers. Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden, who was given only a slim chance of survival when diagnosed with leukemia seven years ago, won the 10-kilometer swim, one of the most testing Olympic events. A stem cell transplant and chemotherapy saved van der Weijden's life.

As expected Cuba's Dayron Robles won the 110-meter hurdles in a race that had been promoted as a showdown with Chinese sporting idol and defending champion Liu Xiang. But Liu hobbled out of his heat with an injured foot, devastating Chinese fans.

Equestrian sports were embarrassed by positive drug tests on four horses that could lead to Norway's Tony Andre Hansen losing his bronze medal.

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