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Lebanese Taekwondo Fighter Defeated in Olympics Quarterfinal

Andrea Paoli, the Lebanese Taekwondo fighter, was eliminated on Thursday from the 57kg taekwondo Olympics competition following a defeat to Chinese Taipei’s Li-Cheng Tseng in the quarterfinal.

She was defeated 2-5 during the match that was held on Thursday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, she qualified to the quarterfinal following a 4-2 win over Cuba's Nidia Munoz.

Paoli is the first female athlete to qualify in taekwondo for the Olympics for Lebanon.


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