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Geelong coach Chris Scott wont throw Mark Blicavs into the ruck as the utility attempts to rediscover his career-best AFL form.Blicavs is one of a handful of Cats who have dropped off in recent weeks, coinciding with the clubs slide down the ladder.The reigning best and fairest will be desperate to lift ahead of finals, starting with Saturdays home match against Adelaide.Blicavs has played no shortage of roles in his 82-game career in the hoops.Scott acknowledges there is an argument the former steeplechaser is at his best as a mobile ruckman.But Scott knows with Zac Smith and Rhys Stanley in the same side it will be hard for Blicavs to contest many centre bounces this year.The combination of Smith and Stanley in the ruck for us has been a positive so we wont be weakening that strength to try and improve Mark a little bit, Scott said.If it was a situation where he was playing poorly in the position that we were choosing him to play in, wed move him.We dont think its that. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- To win a taekwondo gold medal without doing much fighting is an accomplishment.And that is largely how Chinas Zheng Shuyin took the womens heavyweight division title in a slow-paced final against Mexicos Maria Espinoza at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Saturday night.Both fighters often appeared unwilling to spar and were penalized by the referee for passivity.But Zhengs cautious, defensive approach ultimately allowed her to defeat Espinoza by a score of 5 to 0. Her considerable height advantage -- she is six inches taller -- also kept Espinoza at a distance while she used her longer legs to score quick points.I had this goal to become the Olympic champion but I knew it would not be easy, she said. Zheng said she hadnt yet decided how she would celebrate and would consult with her coach and the team.The match was devoid of any of the more spectacular spinning techniques that taekwondo is known for; Espinoza attempted to score mainly by punching.Zheng said she fights defensively because she worries that her opponents will be faster than her and have adopted strategies to counter her spinning kicks.Maybe I need to change my strategy to improve my score in the future, she said.Espinoza previously won two Olympic medals: a gold at Beijing and bbronze in London.dddddddddddd.Zheng, 22, won a bronze at the Asian championships in April. Her Olympic gold medal is Chinas second in taekwondo at the Rio Games; Zhengs boyfriend Zhao Shuai took the mens 58-kilogram division on Wednesday.The womens bronze medals were won by Britains Bianca Walkden and Jackie Galloway of the U.S.In the mens 80-kilogram plus division, Azerbaijans Radik Isaev won the gold medal after defeating Nigers Abdoulrazak Issoufou in a cagey final where both fighters struggled with their timing and distance.Isaev won by a score of 6-2.Isaev, 26, is the current world champion and was the only fighter able to challenge Issoufou on the mat on Saturday. Although Issoufou stands at six feet nine inches tall, Isaev is just two inches shorter and was able to find ways to counter Issoufous long reach and swinging head kicks.Isaev was ultimately able to land two head shots on the hulking Issoufou that proved enough to secure victory.Earlier in the day, Isaev defeated South Koreas Cha Dong-Min, a gold medalist at the Beijing Games.The mens bronze medals were won by Brazils Maicon Siqueira and South Koreas Cha Dong-Min. ' ' '