Truesdale and Bush win back-to-back taekwondo golds

Amy Truesdale won Para-Taekwondo golden successful melodramatic manner earlier Matt Bush claimed golden of his ain astatine nan Paralympics successful Paris.

Truesdale, 35, was an 8-2 victor complete Uzbekistan's Guljonoy Naimova successful nan last of nan women's K44 +65kg category, but almost sewage disqualified pinch 65 seconds remaining aft inadvertently landing a footwear successful nan look of Naimova.

Despite being medically cleared to transportation on, Naimova withdrew, awarding Truesdale nan triumph astatine nan Grand Palais.

"I don't deliberation it's sunk in," said Truesdale, who celebrated by performing a cartwheel connected nan mat earlier doing nan splits.

"I was for illustration 'I don't cognize what to do arsenic a celebration' but for maine it's nan past badge I request to complete my Para-taekwondo career.

"I'm Paralympic champion, I've made history, I'm nan first personification to do it and I'm truthful grateful for nan support and I deliberation I conscionable request to outcry connected my ain for 20 minutes aft nan badge ceremony."

Shortly after, two-time world champion Bush, 35, hit Neutral Paralympic jock Aliaskhab Ramazanov 5-0 successful nan men's K44 +80kg final.

"I had fought him before, rather a bit," he said. "He is simply a very bully combatant and I had to beryllium connected it and that comes backmost to building a crippled plan. It was tough, it was difficult but I had to fight."