This, after all, is the Ivory Coast athlete who earned an astonishing gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics - not just in the last minute, but in the last second. Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad was ahead for ...

Cheick Sallah Cisse, Ivory Coast, def. Kasra Mehdipournejad, Refugee Olympic Team, 2-0. Carlos Sansores, Mexico, def. Paivou Johnouario Gomis, Guinea-Bissau, 2-0.

Former Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé of Ivory Coast won World Championships gold for the first time in Baku ©World Taekwondo Cissé won the men's under-80kg event at Rio 2016, but had never ...

RCI/CIO : Cheick Cissé Sallah intègre la commission des athlètes ( 05 décembre 2025 | 14:07 ) Le champion olympique ivoirien de taekwondo, Cheick Cissé Sallah, a été nommé membre de la « commission ...

Dakar, 5 déc (APS) – Le champion ivoirien de taekwondo Cheick Sallah Cissé, médaillé d’or aux Jeux olympiques de Rio 2016, fait partie des cinq athlètes nommés par la présidente du Comité ...

In an epic finish, Cheick Sallah Cisse defeats Lutalo Muhammad with a last second head kick to win gold in the men’s 80kg division. Cisse’s victory gives Ivory Coast their first ever gold medal. A ...

Jonathan Healy of the United States couldn’t get past Cote d’Ivoire’s Cheick Sallah Cisse in the men’s taekwondo 80+kg quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Cheick Sallah Cisse, of the Ivory Coast, clinched a stunning victory against Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad with a spin kick to the head in the last second of their ...

The Ivory Coast's president has rewarded Cheick Sallah Cisse, the country's first ever Olympic gold medallist, with a new house and a 50 million CFA franc (75,000 euro, $84,000) cash bonus. Cisse, who ...

The five Olympians are: Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha (IRI, badminton), Husein Alireza (KSA, rowing), Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV, taekwondo), Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR, table tennis) and Mariana Pajón (COL, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Cheick Sallah Cisse, of the Ivory Coast, clinched a stunning victory against Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad with a spin kick to the head in the last second of their ...