BERTRAND Gbongou Liango of the Central African Republic was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious in the Olympic taekwondo tournament today.

 

The 22-year-old was caught by a sickening reverse round-house kick to the head in his first round match against Austria's Tuncay Caliskan.

 

He was knocked out cold and medical staff rushed on to the mat to free his air-passage and revive him before he was taken away on a stretcher.

 

Team doctor Jacques Ndemanga confirmed he was in a stable condition.

 

"He was knocked unconscious by a kick to the head but he is awake now and he has full mobility back," Ndemanga said. "He is going to hospital for some X-rays and check-ups."

Here's to a fast recovery for him.

Edited August 27, 200421 yr by Queen Prawn

I guess they will not playing the Austrian Anthem

 

Maybe he should take up something safer like NASCAR

 

Speedy recovery to you

wow. dude had to kick pretty hard. from all the tae kwon do competition i've seen (took it for a little bit and both my older brothers got pretty high up in it) they wear thick foam-like "helmets" as well as chest pad vests...