PARIS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Whenever Cheick Sallah Cisse stepped onto the mat at the Paris Olympics, the crowd at the Grand Palais erupted with chants of his name.
The top-seeded Ivorian, a symbol of his nation's taekwondo success, fought valiantly in the men's +80kg competition on Saturday, securing a bronze medal for Cote d'Ivoire.
