Tunisia's Chayma Toumi wins silver at Taekwondo World Cup in Taiyuan

Toumi reached the final after defeating Uzbekistan's Shabouna Abdouvalieva 2-0 in the morning. Her path to the final included victories over Serbia's Nikolina Milic 2-0 in the first round, Uzbekistan's Madina Mirabzalova 2-1 in the second round, France's Kanelia Karabin 2-1 in the quarterfinals, and Morocco's Amina Dahouie 2-0 in the semifinals. In the final match, Toumi was defeated by Jordan's Fadia Khrifan with a score of 0-2 3-5, 5-7.

In other categories, world champion Wafa Masghouni was eliminated in the round of 16 in the under 67 kg category after losing 0-2 to Croatia's Matea Jelic. Masghouni had previously beaten Poland's Julia Nowak 2-0 and Spain's Lina Moreno Reyes 2-0. Ahd Ben Aoun was eliminated in the first round of the under 53 kg category, losing 1-2 to Great Britain's Judy McKew.

Following the competition, Chayma Toumi, Wafa Masghouni, and Ahd Ben Aoun will travel to South Korea on Monday for a training camp that will conclude on September 8, which will include their participation in the Muju Grand Prix.