Thailand's Buttree Puedpong holds her silver medal for the women's taekwondo -49 kg class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Daynellis Montejo of Cuba (R) competes against Buttree Puedpong of Thailand during their women's -49 kg taekwondo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (CHINA)

Buttree Puedpong had to settle for a silver medal after she went down to world champion Wu Jingyu of China with the score 1:-1 in the women's taekwando 49kg final on Wednesday.

The former world junior champion is the second Thai taekwando exponent to produce an Olympiad medal after Yaowapa Boorapolchai took home the bronze medal in this same category four years ago in Athens.

She became the fourth Thai to bag medals in Beijing after Prapawadee Jaroenrattatarakoon won the women's weightlifting 53kg, Manus Boonjamnong who has already won at least a bronze following his victory in the light welterweight quarter-finals and Somjit Jongjohor who beat Anvar Yunusov of Tajikistan in the flyweight quarter-final.

Despite claiming silver, teenager Buttree is sure of returning in a blaze of glory. Aside from fame and reputation, the 18-year-old from Samut Prakan has been guaranteed of handsome Bt7.8-million cash incentives from both the public and private sectors.