{"id":11191,"date":"2021-08-30T19:37:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T11:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11191"},"modified":"2021-08-30T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T11:37:06","slug":"wei-lun-checks-into-boccia-quarterfinals-in-style-at-tokyo-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11191","title":{"rendered":"Wei Lun checks into boccia quarterfinals in style at Tokyo Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TOKYO, Aug 30\u00a0— National boccia player Chew Wei Lun sailed into the quarter-finals after completing his Group B fixtures in style when he trounced\u00a0Katerina Curinova of the Czech Republic 11-0 in the mixed individual BC1\u00a0(physical impairment) category at the Tokyo Paralympics here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world number 11, who turned 26 on Thursday (Aug 26), was in sublime form at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre here as he ended the group stage unbeaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began the campaign by downing Brazilian\u00a0Andreza Vitoria de Oliveira\u00a05-2 on Saturday (Aug 28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, on Sunday (Aug 29), he scored two straight wins – defeating world number two Witsanu Huadpradit of Thailand 1-0 in a tie-break after both players were level at 3-3 in regulation play before fighting back from 0-3 down to oust another higher-ranked player, world number eight Sungjoon Jung of South Korea 9-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wei Lun is set to take on world number 47 Qi Zhang of China in the last eight at 4 pm local time (3 pm Malaysian time) Tuesday (Aug 31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Paralympic debutant Wei Lun is thankful that he got past the group stage and can\u2019t wait to play in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am thankful. Finally, I managed to get past my target to qualify for the quarter-finals, where I will meet my opponent from China,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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