Caroline Santos wins silver medal at the Taekwondo World Cup

Brazil reached its second medal at the World Taekwondo Championship in Baku (Azerbaijan). This Saturday (3), Caroline Santos secured a silver in the under-62 kilo category after losing in the final to Russian Liliia Khuzina. IT’S PRAAAAAAAAAATA! 🥈🥋Caroline Santos (62kg) is vice world taekwondo champion in Baku 🇦🇿After winning 4 fights, the Brazilian stops in the final against Lilia Khuzina 🇷🇺: 2 to 0 (6/2 and 8/6) What a FANTASTIC achievement for o 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xgGGt2wl66 — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 3, 2023 The Brazilian, who occupies second place in the world ranking of her category, debuted with a victory over Colombian Maria Lozano, then beat Taiwanese Sasikarn Tongchan, passed Taiwanese Wei-chun Lin in the quarterfinals and overcame Uzbek Feruza Sadikova in the semifinals. Only in the decision was Caroline defeated. The medal is Brazil’s second victory at this World Cup, after Maria Clara Pacheco won bronze in the under-57 kg category last Monday (29), and the country’s 23rd medal in the competition’s history.


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