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Rui Braganca: 'I suffered bad injury during victory'

Portugal's Rui Braganca, who won gold in the men's 58kg on Tuesday, reveals that he suffered what he believes to be a serious knee injury during his victory.

Rui Braganca has revealed that he could have suffered a serious knee injury during his gold-medal triumph in the men's -58kg at the European Games.

The Portuguese edged to victory over Spain's Jesus Tortosa Cabrera, but the 23-year-old has admitted that the win could have come at a cost.

Braganca told reporters: "It was like I twisted the knee. It was very painful. But once you are on the mat, there is no other thing that matters than winning.

"You hear the voice of your coach and you see the opponent and that's it and you try not to feel the pain. The adrenaline is pumping around your body and you just forget about everything else.

"I just wanted to complete the match. But now, it hurts a lot. I'm afraid it could be a bad injury. It could be the meniscus."

Spain have so far won a total of nine medals at the Games.

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Rui Braganca of Portugal poses with his gold medal after winning the Men's Taekwondo -58kg final during day four of the Baku 2015 European Games at Crystal Hall on June 16, 2015
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