Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Chua ya yi gasa ne kawai a cikin 'yan mata na mita 50
a wasannin Olympics na shekara ta 2000 a Sydney. Ta cimma nasarar FINA B-cut na 27.16 daga Janet Evans Invitational a Los Angeles, California. Ta kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagaye na huɗu, gami da shigo da Rasha Yekaterina Tochenaya na Kyrgyzstan, da kuma 'yar wasan Olympics sau biyu ta Yugoslavia Duška Radan. Chua ta fadi a cikin wani nau'i na uku a cikin 27.66, daidai rabin rabin (0.50) a kasa da rikodin ta na kasa da kuma shigarwa, da kuma 0.78 seconds daga jagorancin lokacin da Tochenaya ya kafa. Chua ta kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ta sanya na biyu da hamsin a cikin duka masu iyo 74 a cikin prelims.