Trương Thị Kim Tuyền of Việt Nam (in blue) secures a bronze at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championship on May 17 in Đà Nẵng City. VNS Photo

Tuyền, seeded No 4, lost 0-2 to reigning SEA Games champion Panip Wongpattanakit of Thailand in the semi-finals match of the women's 49kg category. No 1 seed Wongpattanakit later took the top podium.

Wongpattanakit also eliminated Tuyền in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Games before she went on to take the Olympic title in 2021.

In the women's 62kg, Vietnamese võ sỹ Phạm Ngọc Châm finished third after losing 0-2 to Feruza Sadikova of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.

The last weight categories of the championship will be held on May 18 at the Tiên Sơn Sports Complex. VNS