Latest Results from Worlds: Mark Lopez Wins Bronze Medal

UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 10:20am Mountain Time

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) earned the fourth world championship medal of his career with a bronze-medal finish on Sunday. Lopez lost his semifinal match, 7-5, to Korea's Joon-tae Kim.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 9:05am Mountain Time

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) defeated Thailand's Patiwat Thongsalap, 5-3, in his quarterfinal match and advances to the medal round to face Korea's Joon-tae Kim in the seminfinals.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 8:25am Mountain Time

Heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.) lost her quarterfinal match to Spain's Rosana Simon Alamo, 8-0.

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) will face Thailand's Patiwat Thongsalap in his quarterfinal match.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 8:00am Mountain Time

Heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.) has reached the quarterfinal round with a 2-0 win over Colombia's Lorena Diaz. Her quarterfinal opponent will be Spain's Rosana Simon Alamo.

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) is also one win away from the medal round with a 5-2 win over Austria's Manuel Mark.

Women's lightweight Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.) lost her Round of 16 match in overtime, 7-6, to Carole Toh of the Ivory Coast.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7:10am Mountain Time

Women's lightweight Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.) is into the Round of 16 with a 14-11 win over Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Dmitriyeva. Her next opponent is Carole Toh of the Ivory Coast.

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) defeated Puerto Rico's Juan Sanchez, 4-3, to move into the Round of 16 where he will face Austria's Manuel Mark.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 6:55am Mountain Time

Heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.) has advanced to the Round of 16 with a win over Russia's Irina Bykova. Her next match is against Colombia's Lorena Diaz.

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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 18 at 6:10am Mountain Time

Lightweight Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.) is into the Round of 32 with a 1-0 win over Indonesia's Rahadewineta Rahadewienta. She will next face Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Dmitriyeva.

Men's lightweight Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) is also into the Round of 32 after a 1-0 win against Brazil's Licinio Espindola, Jr. His next match is vs. Puerto Rico's Juan Sanchez.

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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8:30am Mountain Time

Middleweight Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.) lost his Round of 16 match to 2004 Olympic bronze medalist & 2003 world champion Yousef Karami of Iran, 4-3.

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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8:00am Mountain Time

Finweight Luis Reyes (Chatsworth, Calif.) lost 5-2 to Taipei's Chia Hsu in the Round of 32.

Middleweight Dalia Avivi (Plantation, Fla.) lost to 3-time Olympian Sarah Stevenson of Great Britain, 5-0, in the Round of 32.

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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 6:30am Mountain Time

Middleweight Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.) is into the Round of 16 at WTF World Taekwondo Championships after a 5-4 win over Netherlands' Michael Oogink and a 9-4 win over Sweden's Samir Aknouche. He will face Iran's Yousef Karami in the Round of 16.

Finweight Luis Reyes (Chatsworth, Calif.) beat Singapore's Jason Tan, 6-5, and will face Taipei's Chia Hsu in the Round of 32.

Middleweight Dalia Avivi (Plantation, Fla.) won by withdrawal over Vietnam's Thi Ha. Her Round of 32 match is against Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson.

Finweight Talina Le (Woodinville, Wash.) lost her opening match to Venezuela's Marilym Perez, 1-0.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 1:10pm Mountain Time

Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.) is the women's bantamweight WORLD CHAMPION!! She defeated Thailand's Sarita Phongsri, 5-4, in the gold medal match. Watch the video of the match HERE.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 12:25pm Mountain Time

Women's bantamweight Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.) is into the gold medal match at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen. She defeated Guatemala's Euda Carias Morales in the semifinals, 6-5, and will face Thailand's Sarita Phongsri for the title.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 11:30am Mountain Time

Women's bantamweight Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.) has reached the medal round with a 7-6 victory over Croatia's Jelena Ivancic.

Men's featherweight Steven Lin (Chatham, N.J.) lost his quarterfinal match to Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed, 6-4.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 11:00am Mountain Time

Men's featherweight Steven Lin (Chatham, N.J.) has advanced to the quarterfinals with an overtime victory against Brazil's Diogo Silva.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 9:55am Mountain Time

Women's bantamweight Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.) has advanced to the quarterfinals by scoring a punch in overtime against Senegal's Faniang Dieye. She will now face  Croatia's Jelena Ivancic.

Men's featherweight Steven Lin (Chatham, N.J.) has reached the Round of 16 with a 6-5 victory over the Dominican Republic's Jhohanny Bartermi. His next opponent is Brazil's Diogo Silva.

Men's bantamweight Brian Gallagher (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) lost his Round of 32 match to Afghanstan's Ziaullah Amal.

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UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 16 at 8:20am Mountain Time

Women's bantamweight Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.) has reached the Round of 16. She won her first match over Egypt's Mariem Ahmed by knockout (she was leading 7-0 at the time), and then posted a 12-4 win over the Ivory Coast's Banassa Diomande.

Men's featherweight Steven Lin (Chatham, N.J.) is into the Round of 32 with a superiority win in overtime over Israel's Tom Hovav. His next match is with the Dominican Republic's Jhohanny Bartermi.

Men's bantamweight Brian Gallagher (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) is also into the Round of 32 with a 7-4 win over Germany's Boris Winkler. Gallagher will face Afghanistan's Ziaullah Amal in the Round of 32.

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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:10am Mountain Time

The U.S. team was shut out of the medals on Day 2 of the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Women's featherweight Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.) lost her quarterfinal match, 2-0, to Spain's Andrea Rica Taboada.

Men's flyweight James Howe (San Ramon, Calif.) dropped an 11-3 decision to Spain's Joel Gonzalez Bonilla in the Round of 16.

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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 15 at 9:00am Mountain Time

Women's featherweight Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.) has reached the quarterfinals at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen. Holmquist defeated Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou, 12-2, in the Round of 16 and will next face Spain's Andrea Rica Taboada.

Men's flyweight James Howe (San Ramon, Calif.) advanced to the Round of 16 with an 11-5 win over Iran's Mehdi Ahmadi. He will face Spain's Joel Gonzalez Bonilla in the next match.

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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7:10am Mountain Time

Women's featherweight Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.) has reached the Round of 16 at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen. Holmquist defeated Uzbekistan's Dilobar Saidullaeva, 8-1, and then the Netherlands' Deborah Louz, 12-2. Her opponent in the Round of 16 is Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou.

Men's flyweight James Howe (San Ramon, Calif.) advanced to the Round of 32 with a 7-3 win over Uruguay's Mayko Votta. He will now face Iran's Mehdi Ahmadi.

Women's flyweight Victoria Stambaugh (Pasadena, Texas) lost her opening match to Puerto Rico's Dagmar Diaz in sudden death overtime. Both fighters were tied 4-4 at the end of regulation.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 1:40pm Mountain Time

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) became the first person to win five world championship titles by defeating Spain's Nicolas Garcia Hemme in the finals. The gold-medal match went to overtime, and when neither fighter scored in the extra session the judges awarded Lopez the victory on superiority.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 12:55pm Mountain Time

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) will face Spain's Nicolas Garcia Hemme in the finals.

Women's welterweight Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) lost her Round of 16 match to Norway's Nikolina Kursar, 4-2.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 12:30pm Mountain Time

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) has reached the finals of the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, and is now just one victory shy of becoming the first person to win 5 world titles. he will face the winner of Azerbaijan's Rashad Ahmadov and Spain's Nicolas Garcia Hemme.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 12:00pm Mountain Time

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) has reached medal round and is now two wins away from becoming the first fighter to win five world titles. Lopez won his quarterfinal match over Iran's Farzad Abdolahi by disqualification after Abdolahi incurred eight penalties including a punch to the face that knocked out Lopez's tooth.

Lopez will not get a chance at redemption against Italy's Mauro Sarmiento (who defeated Lopez at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games). Sarmiento lost to Canada's Sebastien Michaud in the quarterfinals, so it will be Lopez vs. Michaud in the semis.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 11:10am Mountain Time

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) has reached the Quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over Serbia's Radomir Samadzic. His next match is against Iran's Farzad Abdolahi.

Men's heavyweight Jason Neville (Edmond, Okla.) lost his Round of 16 contest to Iran's Hossein Tajik, 3-2.

Women's welterweight Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) will compete in the Round of 16 after the men's finals.

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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 9:15am Mountain Time

All three U.S. athletes in competition Wednesday have reached the Round of 16 at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Men's welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) won by withdrawal over Israel's Roman Rusinov and then defeated Poland's Piotr Pazinski, 5-1. His Round of 16 match will be against Serbia's Radomir Samadzic.

Men's heavyweight Jason Neville (Edmond, Okla.) won his first match by withdrawal over Kenya's John Ireri and then defeated Cameroon's Pierre Nyok Nyok, 4-0. He will face Iran's Hossein Tajik in the Round of 16.

Women's welterweight Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) defeated Jordan's Shaden Thweib, 2-0, and then won by withdrawal over Tunisia's Khaoula Ben Hamza. She will face the winner of the Nikolina Kursar (Norway) vs. Keyla Pola Avila (Honduras) match in the Round of 16.