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6 PH karatekas rev up for Tokyo Olympic qualifiers

Published Jul 2, 2020 06:47 pm
In this file photo, Jamie Christine Lim, daughter of PBA great Samboy 'Skywalker' Lim, shares a light moment with her mother and former PAG-IBIG Fund CEO Darlene Berberabe during the awarding ceremony of the +61kg kumite event in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at World Trade Center in Pasay last December. (MB File Photo)

Six karate athletes are preparing for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) next year in June after the event was called off recently because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation, Inc. president Richard Lim said the national team includes Southeast Asian Games gold medalists Junna Tsukii and Jamie Lim.

With them in the tournament in a yet to be named host country are Joane Orbon, Alwyn Batican, Sharief Afif and Ivan Agustin.

“The event has been reset to June after it was cancelled this year,” said Lim in a telephone interview with Manila Bulletin Thursday. “It’s already in the calendar of events pero wala pang venue kung saan gagawin.”

Tsukii will compete in the -50kg, Orbon in -61kg and Lim in +71kg of women’s division. Batican will be in the -67kg class, Agustin in -75kg and Afif in the +75kg in the men’s category.

Orbon is currently training in Sacramento, California USA, while Tsukii is now in Saitama, Japan.

“Both of them are doing well. From where they are, Orbon in the US and Tsukii in Japan, mababa naman ang cases ng COVID-19. Maganda pa nga sa kanila kasi they’re training now compared sa mga athletes now na nandito,” said Lim.

The remaining four are training in their respective homes. Once the Philippine Sports Commission allows athletes from various sports with OQTs next year, Lim said they would relocate to the Philsports Complex (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City.

Lim said he was among the heads from seven national sports associations, which requested the PSC to allow some 50 athletes to train at the facility for them to prepare for the OQT.

“I think 50-plus athletes are manageable. We at karate, we’re willing to have our athletes have rapid tests for their safety. What is important is for them to get proper training,” said Lim.

“Right now, yes, they’re in proper condition. But it’s different when you have a training partner. You get to also practice your timing, the spacing you need. So yes, we’re all hoping that they approve,” added Lim.

The PSC, according to Philippine Sports Institute chief Marc Velasco, needs to disinfect first the athletes’ quarters before the PSC board decides when to allow the athletes to stay in ULTRA.

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