Trinidad and Tobago’s Sankar’s Taekwondo School were big winners at the 2013 Pan American Open International Taekwondo Championships, finishing the September 20-22 tournament in Mexico with seven medals.
Among the medals won by Sankar’s Taekwondo School were three gold, three silver and one bronze.
But the real star of the show from a T&T perspective was Nekisha Sorias of Taekwondo Tigers who won the country’s first gold medal in Poomsae.
Poomsae consists of the various fundamental stances, blocks, punches and kicks, logically arranged in a meaningful order in response to attacks from multiple imaginary assailants attacking you from different directions.
Other gold medals for T&T came from Sankar’s Taekwondo School’s Temitayo Celestin (heavyweight), Chelsea Mofford (heavyweight) and Nile Teesdale (flyweight).
The coaches at Sankar’s Taekwondo School are Colin Mofford and Cheryl-Ann Sankar.
HONOUR ROLL
Sankar’s Taekwondo School
Temitayo Celestin–Gold (Heavyweight)
Chelsea Mofford–Gold (Heavyweight)
Nile Teesdale–Gold (Flyweight)
Sebastien Wing–Silver (Middleweight)
Jesus John–Silver (Featherweight)
Jean-Maurice Young–Silver (Heavyweight)
Shane Persaud–Bronze (Bantamweight)
Taekwondo Tigers
Nekisha Sorias–Gold (Poomsae)
Medal Tally
Sankar’s Taekwondo School–
3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Taekwondo Tigers–1 Gold