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| Some of the selected athletes with Tan (second left) upon their arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. |
KUCHING: Following their good performance in the recently concluded
Sukma XVIII and various national tournaments, 10 Sarawak Taekwondo
Association (WTF) exponents have been called up for training and
selection to the national team.
They are Monica Sharma, Rebecca
John Nedek, Audrey Nu Alexander Mula, Caren Li Ying Ning, Nurul Nur
Hafizza, Tan Yen Ming, Mohd Amirul Juwanda for kyorugi and Augustine
Rudy, Nurul Hidayah Abdul Karim and Marylyne Bungan Lian for poomsae.
They have flown to Kuala Lumpur to attend the national training camp and selection for next year’s SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.
The team was accompanied by state technical chairman-cum-chief instructor Tan Check Joon.
Monica was the Sukma finweight champion while Rebecca had displayed her talent since she joined the state squad last year.
Audrey
was gold medallist as well as best female athlete in Sukma XVIII
taekwondo competition while Caren Li was Sukma silver medallist and gold
medallist at last week’s 7th TM-NSC-Milo National Remaja Championship
in Kuala Lumpur.
Nur Hafizza won the heavyweight title at the recent Sukma.
Yen
Ming, the heavyweight champion and best male athlete in Sukma XVIII,
also captured gold medals in various national and international
competitions last year while Sukma silver medallist Amirul have won
several national sparring titles since 2012.
Augustine and Nurul
Hidayah won Sarawak’s first gold medal Sukma XVIII in the mixed pair
category while Marylyne was the individual female gold medalist.
“I
am glad with our team overall performance, they had showed a good
fighting spirit, proving that their hard work in training and our
coaches effort had been worthwhile.
“I am confident both our male
and female potential will deliver in the forthcoming SEA Games,” said
Sarawak Taekwondo Association president Mohamad Salleh Sani.
“I
hope they will spur the rest of the junior athletes to train harder and
be eligible to represent the state and nation in the very near future,”
he added.
Source: The Borneo Post / http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/08/30/taekwondos-magnificent-ten-eyeing-2017-sea-games/
