Kenya continued with their superlative performance at the World Martial Arts Mastership championships in Korea National University.
Today, the national team won two gold and two bronze medals, the first one coming from men’s sparring +90kg courtesy Gordon Ochieng with a narrow 3-2 victory over Korea’s Ki Hoon Lee as Lona Apiyo Abiero won the women’s -65kg category by beating Nattakarn Khamsopmpond of Thailand 5-4.
Peter James Njuguna gave Kenya the bronze medal in the men’s sparring -90kg event when he lost his semi-final contest against the eventual winner, Iran’s Mohammadreza Dolatiyan 7-3.
The other bronze medal winner was Patricia Lucky in the women’s sparring -50kg event, who lost her semi-final clash to Unjung Ai Moonville Estarabela of Phillipines 8-0.
Kenya’s Salma Ali Abdalla, 21, qualified for the women’s individual forms event when she secured 8.77 points against Parichat Sungpankhao who garnered 8.5 points.
June Su Juma was the other Kenyan in action and he qualified for the quarter final when he got 9.57 points against 9.63 points of Nepal’s Prakash Shreshta.
Source: Daily Nation