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Juniors bring back three golds
Published on: Thursday, July 20, 2017
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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah junior exponents returned with three gold medals in the TM WTF-SportExcel-NSC-Milo-Final Leg Taekwondo Junior Championship held at Stadium Badminton Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Sunday.The gold medals were won by Elyana Sazliah Magbanua (girls featherweight 15-17-year-old), Nur Fathiha Osman (girls bantamweight 15-17), and Mohd Airel Huzairy Mohd Hashim (boys light middleweight 12-14.)

They also captured two silvers and one bronze with the silvers coming from Nur Elisa Sasha Nasip (girls lightweight 15-17) and Putri Shahirah Noorazuna Abd Gahfar (girls flyweight 12-14) while the bronze was from Sonja Hamido (girls heavyweight 15-17).

The team was led by team manager Saharudin Zainol Abidin with Master Barry Voon as the coach.

Barry was pleased with the performance of the athletes and praised their fighting spirit, and sportsmanship.

"This is a very good exposure for them to hone their skills in preparation for future competitions.

Overall, I am very pleased and I believe they can improve further," he said on Wednesday. – GL Oh





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