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

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