BEIJING, Aug 23 (Bernama) -- Che Chew Chan is keeping Malaysia's medal hopes alive after beating Uzbekistan's Evgeniya Karimova 5-4 this morning, to make it into the Olympics women's taekwondo above 67kg class quarter-finals.
She will meet Nina Solheim of Norway in the last eight scheduled this afternoon. Solheim is currently Europe's third-ranked middleweight champion.
If she wins, the Malaysian will be in the semis against Carmen Marton of Australia or Natalia Falavigna of Brazil. The final will also be completed today.
Chew Chan, who has beaten Karimova in the Asian qualifying round for the Olympics in December, trailed by a point in the first round but came back in the second to reel off four points against the Uzbek to lead 4-1.
"This is the first win for Malaysia in taekwondo in the first round of the Olympics. I have to win the next two matches if I want to get the gold, so I told myself, I cannot lose this match," said the 25-year-old Universiti Putra Malaysia student.
-- BERNAMA
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