Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Karate Association (SKA) fell short to finish second overall in the Milo Open Karate Championship held in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend.
The defending champions had a much smaller squad this time but they still managed to win 11 golds, eight silvers and 12 bronzes behind eventual champions Johor Karate Association who won a total of 16 golds, four silvers and 11 bronzes.
SKA secretary general Julian Chin was impressed with the result despite finishing second and praised the athletes and coaches for the achievement.
“It was never easy to defend the title with a depleted side as we only have 28 athletes in the team as compared to 73 last year.
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The eleven who delivered the gold medals were Muhd Noah (boys individual kata), boys team kata (Under-13), girls team kata (Under-13), Nur Farhadylia (girls individual kumite cadet -54kg), female cadet junior team kata, girls team kumite (10-13), cadet female team kumite, Dezzie Chell Davis (girls individual kumite -42kg), Nur Rasyiqah Fari’ah Razmi (girls individual kata 12-13), Nur Radhiah Fathiah Razmi (female cadet individual kumite -47kg) and Nur Shaheen Izazi Imtiaz Ali (female cadet individual kata).
The silver medals were won by Nur Farhabatrisya (girls individual kata 8-9), Muhd Irsyad Ammar Shah (boys individual kata 8-9), Amirah Syahindah Azlan (girls individual kumite +52kg), Mohd Akid Azlan (male individual senior kumite -67kg), Chin Xueyi (female junior individual kumite +66kg), Aofea Azlan (female junior individual kumite -48kg), Nur Shaheen Izazi Imtiaz Ali (female junior individual kata) and Kevin Karl Erwan (male junior individual kata).
The bronze medals came from Muhd Uqael Uqasyah (boys individual kata 8-9 & boys individual kumite 9-8 +25kg), Hidayatullah Hana Aludra (girls individual kata 10-11), Nur Farhabatrisya (girls individual kumite 10-11), Abigail Clay (girls individual kata 8-9), Nur Farhadylia (girls individual kata cadet), Bibi Aysha Muhd Zain (girls individual kata cadet), Muhd Irfan Shah (boys individual kumite cadet -70kg), Nur Radhiah Fathiah Razmi (female junior individual kumite -48kg), Eve Starnasia (girls individual senior kumite -52kg), Lydia Lo Jia Jia (female individual senior kumite +68kg) and Kevin Karl Erwan (male cadet individual kata)
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