Cambodian sport's poster girl, Sorn Seavmey, takes to the mat at the World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea today pleading with her fans not to get their hopes up.
The 2014 Incheon Asian Games gold medallist said that the quality and quantity of competition at the Muju Championships would be a severe test.

“While the Olympic Games were of course difficult, there we had only a round of 16 qualifying. Although it was intense it was a small pool of fighters,” she said.
“Here there are more than 50 fighters. We can't be complacent at this level and play around too much. Many of the other countries here are rich. I hope my fans don’t make it difficult for us. We know we have dreams of being able to compete with richer nations but we have to be realistic.”
Seavmey also stressed that she will have to play very carefully after suffering a recent knee injury, which has not fully healed.

She will meet the higher-rankled Egyptain Farouk Maisoun today and if she can cause an upset, she has a chance to face hometown favourite Oh Hye-ri in the round of 32.
It isn't clear exactly what time Seavmey will take to the mat but the morning session runs from 7.30am to 10.30am Cambodian time and resumes at noon.

The World Championships are being televised live by World Taekwondo on Youtube and the link for Seavmey's court is
If that link does not work, go to http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competiti ... 2017/live/ and look for ‘W-73kg’.

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:51 pm

Anchor Moy wrote:Jamie's idol...

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:01 pm So, how did Sorn Seavmey do against the Egyptian fighter ? Did she get through or not ? Anyone ? Jamie ?

Anchor Moy wrote: So, how did Sorn Seavmey do against the Egyptian fighter ? Did she get through or not ? Anyone ? Jamie ?