After the scandal, Chu took a disappointing bronze at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he had been tipped for gold, and retired from competition. However, a year later he had a spectacular fall from grace over an Internet sex scam. AFP, TAIPEIHe was hailed as the “Warrior God” and won Taiwan’s only men’s Olympic gold, but taekwondo hero Chu Mu-yen has had to battle back from lurid scandals since his famous victory. Fans wept with emotion when Chu took the 2004 title in Athens as a 22-year-old, alongside female team counterpart Chen Shih-hsin, who won Taiwan’s first female gold. Chu, who was dating a fellow taekwondo player at the time, was blackmailed by a fraud ring which claimed he arranged paid-for sex services.

Source: Taipei Times July 22, 2016 15:56 UTC