Trinidad and Tobago’s Sankar Taekwondo School earned two gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the 2013 Canada Open, which ended two Sundays ago, at Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, in Toronto, Canada.
Sankar Taekwondo School’s two gold medals were won by Chelsea Mofford in the 41-44kg category of the Cadet Girls sparing medium weight competition, and Olatunde Celestin who was first in the 78kg Junior Men sparring heavyweight competition.
Mofford beat Chyenne Leedham-Daigle of the Dragon Taekwondo Academy (Canada), Angelina Luong of the Kevin Jia Ming Cheng school (Canada) and Maya Wei of HPAC BBW1 (Canada) to cop her gold medal.
Jesus John was the team’s silver medallist, in the 51-55kg Junior Men Sparing lightweight competition, coming in behind Said Akhrarov of Master Myungs Taekwondo Academy (Canada).
Megan Joseph was tied for third in the 54kg Youth/Cadet Girls Sparring heavyweight event, with Anneka Kindrachuk of the Alborz Taekwondo Academy (Canada).
Meanwhile, Stefan Biput and Temitayo Celestin, both of Sankar Taekwondo School, were disqualified in their respective events for excessive force to the head.
T&T also struck gold in the Open category, Lenn Hypolite of West Side Taekwondo (New York) taking first place in the Senior Men Black Belt 80kg division.
Honour Roll
Senior Men Black Belt--80kg 1. Lenn Hypolite (West Side Taekwondo (New York))—T&T 2. Juan Sanchez (Puerto Rico Taekwondo Federation)--Puerto Rico 3. Rene Lizarraga Valenzuela (Mexico National Team)--Mexico 3. Augustin Bata (BSV Friedrichshafen)--Germany
Junior Men Sparring (Light) 1. Said Akhrarov (Master Myungs Taekwondo Academy North York)--Canada 2. Jesus John (Sankar Taekwondo School)--T&T 3 Mert Gorur (Nile Academy)--Canada
Team TTO
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Trinidad and Tobago’s Sankar Taekwondo School earned two gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the 2013 Canada Open, which ended two Sundays ago, at Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, in Toronto, Canada.