Medals were also up for grabs on the penultimate day of action in the men's under-68kg and under-73kg divisions, as well as the women's under-63kg category.

It was Park who claimed the first medal of the day, however, as she defeated Yen Hsin Yeh of Chinese Taipei.

Taekwondo is very much part of Park's family as she is coached by her father, who was in turned coached by her grandfather.

Almost immediately after the opening bell, the local hero went one up with a body kick before extending her lead to 2-0, then 3-0 - the last with a kick to the body that drew raucous cheers from the crowd.

In the second round, Park again wasted no time, scoring with two fast head kicks to surge 12-3 in front.

The two fighters cancelled each other out in the second round but Park managed to score with a side kick from extreme close range to take the score to 16-5.

In the final round Yeh landed a head kick, taking the score to 16-8 before Park regained her advantage at 17-8.

Then, suddenly, the contest was over as Park landed a head kick that gave her a 20-8 victory which caused wild scenes in the crowd.

She bowed to those in attendance before leaping into the arms of her coach and dad before grabbing a national flag.

Yeh was left with silver, while Elizaveta Federova of Russia and Aysenur Ozcan of Turkey won bronzes.

The final of the men's under-68kg competition between Kostiantyn Kostenevych of Ukraine and Sarmat Tcacoev of Russia then followed, with the latter emerging victorious.

Both competitors scored almost simultaneously early on through a body kick and a punch to take the score to 1-1.

The duo then again both scored in a flurry of shots, with Tcacoev taking the lead after round one, 6-5.

The second round started at a similarly high speed, with the Russian scoring with a big overhand punch to go 7-5 up.

Then, in a fierce duel of multiple techniques, he extended his score to 9-5.

Kostenevych hit back, taking the score to 9-8 before Tcacoev struck with a beautiful side kick to the body, taking the board to 10-9 in his favour.

With just over a minute remaining in the bout, Kostenevych seized the lead, going 12-11 up with a cut kick to the body.

It did not last long however as Tcacoev evened the score at 12-12.

The Russian then scored again to the body, going 14-12 up, before making it 15-2 which was enough to take the gold medal.

Bronzes were shared by Aliaskar Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Ferhat Muhammet Saroglu of Turkey.

Action then returned to women's competition and the final of under-63kg category where Seyma Sogut of Turkey saw off Margarita Blizniakova of Russia.

Sogut scored almost immediately with an arcing ax kick to the head for a 3-0 lead.

Blizniakova returned fire with a body kick, winning one point before her opponent planted a kick squarely on Sogut’s face, going 6-1 up.

The Russian clawed back a single point in the second round but neither competitor could affect the score substantially. 

In a mesmorising third round, Sogut landed three head kicks all in the space of a few seconds to give a final score of 16-2. 

Blizniakova took silver, while Nadja Savkovic of Serbia and Parisia Javadi Kouchaksarei of Iran won bronzes.

The final of the men's under-73kg competition brought today's action to a close as Seung-min Lee of South Korea won a dramatic contest against Russian Sergey Karnuta.

Lee scored to lead 3-0 almost immediately, but Karnuta responded with a kick to the body for one point. 

The Korean extended his lead to 6-1 as he scored with a crescent kick to the head.

But as action resumed, the Russian maneuvered the Korean to the edge of the mat and landed his own arcing head kick.

In the second Karnuta cut the deficit to 6-5 with a kick to Lee’s body, before the Asian star yet again landed a kick to the rear of the Russian’s headguard to lead 12-8 after the second round.

In round three Lee extended his lead to 13-8 before it was cut to three points following Karnuta landing a blow to the head.

As the pace began to slow, with both looking exhausted, Karnuta stole the lead but, just when he needed it, Lee scored with a head kick.

Despite a last-second video-replay request from the Russian coach, which was denied, it would be Lee who claimed the gold medal, 22-21.

Bronzes went to Zachary Hiebert of Canada and Ayoub El Yaqini of Morocco.

Action resumes in the Bill Copeland Sports Center on day five, the last day of the Championships, tomorrow.