One of the country’s triumphs came courtesy of Lee Da-bin, who delivered two of the most scorching performances seen in recent taekwondo history to take the women’s over-67 kilograms title at the Taoyuan Arena. 

Having beaten China’s Rio 2016 gold medallist Zheng Shuyin 24-23 in a tremendous semi-final battle, Lee, a two-time Asian Games gold medallist, went onto defeat Great Britain's double world champion Bianca Walkden in the final, 22-6.

"I am disappointed with silver because the only colour I want is gold," Walkden said. 

"Every time I don’t get gold, I feel it is a disappointment.

"I am happy I reached the final but to me silver is under-achieving. 

"The girl was better than me on the day but there is not one person I want a re-match with."

Joining Zheng in claiming a bronze medal was Turkey’s Nafia Kuş, who lost 10-3 to Walkden in the other semi-final.

Securing South Korea’s other success today was triple world champion Kim Tae-hun after he overcame Spain’s Jesús Tortosa Cabrera 10-8 in the men’s under-58kg final.

Kim’s team-mate Jun Jang was one of the two bronze medallists along with Russia’s Mikhail Artamonov.

Also tasting victory today was 2015 world gold medallist İrem Yaman of Turkey, thanks to a hard-fought golden-point win over Belgium’s Raheleh Asemani in the women’s under-57kg final.

Yaman landed a convincing body kick for gold, but it was a brave show from Asemani, a former refugee from Iran who sought and won asylum in Belgium.

The women’s under-57kg bronze medallists were Latvia’s Inese Tarvida and China’s Luo Zongshi.

Action in Taoyuan is due to conclude tomorrow with the men’s under-80kg and women’s under-49kg categories taking centre stage.