China's Luo Wei has won the women's under 67kg Taekwondo gold medal at the Athens Olympics.

This was the 29th Olympic gold for China in Athens and the first for the 21-year-old Luo who attended Olympic Games for the first time.

Luo, the gold medallist of the 2003 worlds in Germany, edged Greek Elisavet Mystakidou, the bronze medallist of the 2003 worlds, 7-6 in the deafening howe crowd cheering.

Leading 2-1 in the first set, Luo faced an extremely tough battle in the second in which Mystakidou made a brilliant rally with consecutive kicks and led Luo 4-3 in the end.

Luo, who is taller than the Greek, played calmly in the third set and collected five points with her timing and accurate kicks.

But Luo received two Kyong-gos, namely the deduction of one point.

Mystakidou scored two points in the third set but failed to catch up again.

(Photo source: sina.com)