Andrea Paoli who’s representing Lebanon in Taekwondo in the 2012 Olympic games won against Nidia Munoz from Cuba today morning and is now one game away from the medals now that she has advanced to the quarter finals.
Her upcoming game today isn’t going to be an easy one though, since she’ll be competing with Tseng Li-Cheng from Taipei, who was ranked first in the 2012 Asian championships.
All the luck to Andrea!
Update:
Andrea unfortunately lost 2-5 to Tseng Li-Cheng.
Two Lebanese female athletes made the cut to the Olympic games in London this summer. The first is Andrea Paoli, a taekwondo player, who will be the first Lebanese ever to participate in the senior category of martial arts at the Olympics. And the second is Tvine Moumjohglian who will be representing Lebanon in table tennis for the first time in 16 years. All the luck to both of them!
You can read more about Andrea and Tvine in this article by Al-Arabiya, and about the participation of Lebanon at the Olympics throughout the history here on Wikipedia.
