With the individual poomsae event dropped from this year’s Games, the defending gold medallist is setting her sights on a new podium finish — this time in the mixed pair event
National taekwondo exponent Nurul Hidayah Abdul Karim was inconsolable after suffering a heartbreaking loss when she was pipped to at least a bronze medal by a mere 0.03 points in the women’s poomsae individual event at the Asian Games today.
Who would have thought that her favourite pastime of watching Korean dramas would turn out to be a great help for national taekwondo exponent Nurul Hidayah Abdul Karim to communicate with her coach Jin Jun-beom.
