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10 Sabah karatekas attending programme
10 Sabah karatekas attending programme
Kota Kinabalu:
Ten karatekas from the State are currently taking part in the Malaysian Karate Academy Series 1 programme which started yesterday (Friday) at the Kompleks MSN Saujana Asahan in Melaka.
The one-week programme is organised by the Talent Development Division, National Sports Council (NSC) through the talent branch in collaboration with the Malaysian Karate Association (Makaf).
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Its aim is to gather the best athletes from each state in the country and then provide an opportunity for them and the coaches to attend intensive training sessions that will be conducted by national coaches.
It also serves as a medium for national coaches to identify talents that can be promoted to a higher level.
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Each state was allowed to nominate six names (3 males, 3 females) aged 13 to 16 years for the Kumite event and four (2 males, 2 females) aged 13 to 15 years for the Kata event with two coaches (one for each event) under the State runner-up and talent programme.
The athletes selected by Sabah Karate Association (SKA) are Chrisbella Wong Wei San, Danish Rayyan Rajis, Mohd Afiq Hazriq Sedry and Destiny Denise Pasqual in Kata, and Amirah Syahindah Azkan, Lim Leyca, Arthur Braxton Eusebius, Evanno Wee Elwi, Al-Zovainz Zurizal, Leonard Vresley Ajen in kumite, while the coaches are Clevelence Carlos and Roney Boy.
