Ivory Coast wins first ever Olympic Gold medal

The Ivory Coast celebrated its first ever Olympic Gold medal on Friday night as Sallah Cisse won a dramatic Taekwondo final in the men’s -80kg weight category.

Cisse was facing Great Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad and was trailing on the scoreboard for the majority of the thrilling encounter. However in true Olympic Olympic spirit he never gave up and in the dying seconds of the match successfully landed a kick to the head to overcome the deficit and win the match 8-6.