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THE 8 EVENTSMen (4 categories): flyweight (up to 58kg), lightweight (up to 68kg), middleweight (up to 80kg), heavyweight (over 80kg)Women (4 categories): flyweight (up to 49kg), lightweight (up to 57kg), middleweight (up to 67kg), heavyweight (over 67kg)THE FORMATThere is a knock-out tournament for each weight category, with the losing semi-finalists facing the winners of the repechage tournament for the bronze medal.Competitors beaten by the finalists before the semi-final take part in the repechage tournament. The 2 repechage winners then facing the losing semi-finalists, from the opposite half of the bracket, in a bronze medal match. 2 bronze medals are awarded in taekwondo.MILESTONES1st century B.CA Korean martial art for self-defence is an early form of taekwondo.7th centuryIn Korea, combats using the hands and feet are staged.16th centuryAccording to legend, 700 Koreans rout the invading Japanese through fist and foot fighting.1910-45During the Japanese occupation of Korea, traditional martial arts are banned, although many are still practised in secret.1955A South Korean general invents the term tae-kwon-do. In Korean, tae means foot, kwon means fist and do means way. Taekwondo thus translates as the way of the foot and fist.1973The first world championships are held in Seoul.1988Taekwondo is included as a demonstration sport at the Games in Seoul.1992Taekwondo is once again a demonstration sport at the Barcelona Games.2000Taekwondo makes its official Olympic debut in Sydney.THE STARSJung Jae-eun (South Korea)The prodigy. World champion in 1997 at the age of just 17, and again in 2001. The South Korean also won the Olympic title in 2000, in the womens lightweight category (-57kg).Steven Lopez (United States)After World Cup victory in 1997, the American won two Olympic gold medals, in 2000 (-68kg) and 2004 (-80kg), plus a bronze in 2008 (-80kg). He was also crowned world champion 5 times (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009).Chen Zhong (China)The first athlete to win a gold medal for China in taekwondo, with victory at the Sydney Games in 2000 (+67kg). After successfully defending her Olympic title in 2004, she became world champion in 2007. 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Saint Marys coach Randy Bennett wants to get a better look at his bench players, and he might get that opportunity when the 17th-ranked Gaels host Prairie View A&M on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET) in Moraga, Calif.In the Gaels season-opening 81-63 victory over Nevada, Saint Marys all-conference guards James Rahon and Emmett Naar played extensively, with Rahon logging 40 minutes and Naar 35.Tonight I wasnt as trusting with our bench, Bennett said after the game. I rode Joe. We need to get Joe and Emmett some breaks.Rahon and Naar combined for 17 points, 16 assists and just two turnovers in the opener. However, the coach knows he will need more depth as the Gaels prepare for Saturdays game at Dayton. That road game against a Flyers team picked to win the Atlantic 10 will indicate whether Saint Marys is worthy of its national ranking.Certainly Naar and Rahon will be in the starting lineup against Prairie View (1-1), but it remains to be seen whether Jock Landale or Dane Pineau will get the start.Pineau, a preseason all-conference selection who started all 35 games last season, has been bothered by back problems that caused him to miss practice time.Of the six weeks of preseason, he practiced maybe two, Bennett said.As a result, 6-foot-11 junior Landale got his first career start against Nevada and responded with career highs in points (33) and rebounds (nine). Pineau played just 12 minutes off the bench, and Bennett said afterward he has not determined his starting lineup for future games.Landale was particularly effective in the low post, and teams are reluctant to double team him because of the Gaels ability to hit 3-pointers.If they double, I just kick it out, Landale said. Three is better than two.Prairie View A&M may present a bigger challenge than expected, considering it pulled off a surprising 84-78 victory at Fresno State on Monday.The Panthers traditionally play a difficult, road-dominated nonconference schedule. It is no different this season. Prrairie View A&Ms first four games and 11 of its first 13 are on the road.dddddddddddd The season is beginning with a three-game West Coast swing, which started Friday with a 78-58 loss to Oregon State and continued with the Monday upset of Fresno State.The Panthers, who were picked by the coaches to finish sixth in the 10-team Southwestern Athletic Conference, are operating under a new head coach, Byron Smith.Smith took over on an interim basis last January, when Bryon Rimm resigned with Prairie View owning a 1-18 record. Smith was elevated from his assistant position for the final 12 games, and the team went 6-6. He was officially named head coach in April.Smiths focus is on the defensive end, and that was demonstrated Monday, when the Panthers forced Fresno State into 18 turnovers.We have some athletic guys, some long guys that can jam the basketball, that pressure the basketball and get out and play and let our defense dictate our offense, Smith said.The Panthers starting lineup against Oregon State consisted of four junior-college transfers and Daquan Cook, a transfer from UNLV who is probably the teams best offensive player. He led the Panthers with 14 points on 5-of-14 shooting against the Beavers, and he scored 17 points on 4-for-11 shooting against Fresno State. His final free throw Monday gave the Panthers a 12-point lead with 43 seconds left.Daquan did a really good job offensively, Smith said after Cook scored 18 points in the Panthers 101-40 exhibition victory over Champion Christian last week. I believe our offense will grow, but Im a defensive guy. I really want to establish our defense and rebounding as we get ready to go into a really tough four-game stretch.Their defense will get a major challenge against Saint Marys, which shot 60 percent from the field and committed just six turnovers against Nevada. ' ' '