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CJ Nickolas ends U.S. men’s taekwondo medal drought at world championships

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CJ Nickolas became the first American man to win a world taekwondo championships medal since 2009, taking silver in the 80kg division in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.

Nickolas, 21, beat Olympic bronze medalist Seif Eissa of Egypt in the semifinals, then dropped the final to Italian Simone Alessio, the world’s top-ranked man in the division.

Nickolas is ranked third in the world at 80kg. Nickolas moved up to the senior ranks after taking silver at the 2018 World Junior Championships in the 68kg division.

He lost in the round of 32 at the last two worlds in 2019 and 2022, but did take bronze at a Grand Prix last September in the 2024 Olympic host city of Paris.

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