Kenya bagged two gold, two silver and ten bronze medals to finish second at the concluded Tong-IL Moo-Do World Martial Arts Masterships Championships in Korea.
The national team won gold medals through Gordon Ochieng and Lona Abiero as they finished behind Philippines, who got three gold, three silver and one bronze. Third place went to Iran, who finished with two gold, one silver and two bronze
Kenya’s Rose Wacheke Muthui won the silver medal in the women’s Sparring +65kg event after losing 10-4 to Thailand’s Kachana Dawan.
Muthui beat Ailin Micaela of Paraguay 18-12 in the semi-final
The other silver medal was won by the Kenya open bon basic (Team Form), which lost 8.9-8.8 to Philippines the final clash. Evans Oduor lost 3-0 to Rivier Desuyo of Philippines in the men’s Sparring -70kg event but took bronze medal.
The other bronze medal was won by Elvis Malipe, who lost the semi-final clash 4-1 to Philippines Arnel Ano-os.
KENYAN WINNERS
Gold medals: Gordon Ochieng, Lona Abiero
Silver medals: Rose Wacheke, Form Team
Bronze medals: Elvis Malipe, Evans Oduor, Patricia Lucky, James Njuguna, Salma Ali.
Additional information Daily Nation