The seventh seed snatched a tight final against fifth seed Nicolas Garcia 1-0 to deny Spain a second gold of the taekwondo competition.

Lutalo Muhammad partly vindicated Great Britain's decision not to send world number one Aaron Cook to the Olympics as he beat Arman Yeremyan of Armenia 9-3 for the first bronze medal.

Italy's Mauro Sarmiento, the silver medallist four years ago, took the second bronze, beating Nesar Ahmad Bahawi of Afghanistan 4-0.