Team USA Wom en
Br in g Hom e Silver s
(Ju n e 30, 2017) ? Team USA r epeated its m edal count
at the 2017 Wor ld Taekw ondo Cham pionships in
M uju, Kor ea, but upgr aded the color of the m edals.
Follow ing up on their br onze-m edal per for m ances at
the 2015 Wor ld Taekw ondo Cham pionships, Pai ge
M cPh er son (Stur gis, S.D.) and Jack i e Gal l ow ay
(Wylie, Texas) r epeated as m edalists, but this tim e it
w as silver dr aped ar ound their necks.
Tw o-tim e Olym pian M cPher son w on the silver m edal
in the w om en?s -67-kilogr am division on June 27,
w hile 2016 Olym pic br onze m edalist Gallow ay
captur ed the silver m edal in the w om en?s +73kg
division the follow ing day.
In the over all standings, the silver m edals by
M cPher son and Gallow ay helped Team USA to finish
four th in the fem ale division behind Kor ea, Tur key
and Ser bia
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