Olympics | Feature: Cheick Sallah Cisse, pillar of Ivorian taekwondo's rise

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.

Cisse, 30, began his Olympic campaign in Paris with decisive 2-0 victorie