Uzbekistan's Dmitry Shokin showed his potential for Olympic gold by winning the test event ©Rio 2016/Paulo Mumia

Reigning world champion Dmitry Shokin underlined his credentials as one of the favourites for men’s over 80 kilogram Olympic gold after triumphing at the taekwondo test event at the Carioca Arena 1.

The event was held at the Barra Olympic Park venue due to the construction having been fully completed, with competition at the Games scheduled to take place in the Carioca Arena 3, which was claimed to be 98 per cent ready.

Shokin will carry his Uzbekistan’s hopes of winning a first Olympic taekwondo medal at Rio 2016 and he was able show his quality by beating the United States’ Jonathan Healy in the gold medal contest.

Tunisia’s Yassine Trabelsi and France’s M’bar N’diaye were able to complete the podium, in one of four divisions contested during the two days of competition.

A total of 64 athletes from 15 countries were in action, with Iran’s Armin Hadipour defeating Portugal’s Rui Bragança to win the under 58kg category.

He was joined on the podium by Chinese Taipei’s Ren-Wei Dong and the Dominican Republic’s Luisito Pie, who were able to secure bronze medals.

Home favourite Talisca Reis, who has not qualified for Rio 2016, emerged as the winner of the women’s under 49kg event after defeating China’s Huai-Hsuan Huang in the gold medal contest.

Reis’ team-mate Iris Sing was unable to secure a podium finish after being beaten in the second round of the event, with Thailand’s Napaporn Charanawat and France’s Yasmina Aziez both securing bronze medals.

Brazil's Talisca Reis was able to claim gold in front of a home crowd
Brazil's Talisca Reis was able to claim gold in front of a home crowd ©Rio 2016/Paulo Mumia

Women’s under 57kg world champion, Mayu Hamada claimed the final gold as the Japanese star overcame Chinese Taipei’s Yu Chuang Chen, while China’s Fenfen Shao and Canada’s Evelyn Gonda earned bronze medals.

The event also enabled technology used in the point scoring system to be tested, with headwear due to have sensors for the first time at the Olympics during Rio 2016.

“There are several systems that work in an integrated way and at an impressive speed,” said Rodrigo Silveira, Rio 2016’s results coordinator.

“As such, the athlete attempts a kick, the sensors transmit a signal automatically on a wireless frequency, which takes around 0.1 or 0.2 tenths of a second to be computed in all our systems.

The video replay technology, which would allow officials to analyse action in slow motion when there doubt on the mat, was also tested during the course of the competition.