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Jackie Chan helps pay way for a tae kwon do champ

      If you’ve paid money to watch the Jackie Chan movie, “Shanghai Noon,” you’ve also helped 17-year-old tae kwon do champion Sarah Stevenson of Great Britain make it to the Olympics.
      According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chan took an interest in Stevenson after reading of her financial struggles to make her way to Sydney. When he was in London recently to promote “Shanghai Noon,” he asked to meet Stevenson, after which he pledged his financial support.
      The martial art tae kwon do makes its debut as an Olympic sport here in Sydney.

 

courtesy of Deseretnews.com

All I have to say is that she had better win a gold with all the money he made from the film

Women

67-kg

First Round
 Kirsimarja Koskinen, Finland, def. Elena Benitez, Spain, 7-0; Mirjam Mueskens, Netherlands, def. Lisa O’Keefe, Australia, 8-6; Yoriko Okamoto, Japan, def. Meriem Bidani, Morocco, 4-1; Sarah Stevenson, Britain, def. Monica Deyhanira del Real Jaime, Mexico, 8-4.

 Quarter-finals

 Lee Sun-hee, South Korea, def. Kirsimarja Koskinen, Finland, 5-1; Mirjam Mueskens, Netherlands, def. Barbara Kunkel, Tacoma, Wash., 6-2; Trude Gundersen, Norway, def. Yoriko Okamoto, Japan, 7-4; Sarah Stevenson, Britain, def. He Lumin, China, 6-5.

 Semifinals

 Lee Sun-hee, South Korea, def. Mirjam Mueskens, Netherlands, 4-1; Trude Gundersen, Norway, def. Sarah Stevenson, Britain, superiority-2, 02:52.
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All that money and she lost. Well at least we know that if he would have used the money from both Shanghi Noon and Shanghi Knights she would have had a better chance. But atleast she made it to the semi finals.

Latter

-Nick

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