The Latest: Cook falls early in Taekwondo failure

(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

British-born Aaron Cook, now fighting for Moldova, has been knocked out of gold medal contention at the taekwondo competition at the Rio de Janiero Olympics.

Cook was seeded second and had been considered a leading contender for the gold. He abandoned the British taekwondo academy ahead of the London Games declined to select him for their team, despite being top-ranked. Last year, he switched nationalities and began representing Moldova.

Cook looked out of sorts on the mat on Friday and struggled to string any sustained attacks on his opponent, Wei-Ting Liu…