Iloilo, Capiz taekwondo jins shine in online tournament

MANILA – Iloilo City and Roxas City, Capiz-based taekwondo jins showed their wares with medal finishes during separate virtual taekwondo tournaments held over the weekend.

Ateneo de Iloilo’s Cyd Edryc Esmaña and Andria Margaret Palabrica finished with gold medal each during the 3rd Lents Taekwondo Worldwide Sports Online Poomsae Open 2021.

Both products of Iloilo MVP Taekwondo Gym of head coach Denmark Pinggol, Esmaña won the gold medal in the Blackbelt Cadet Male Division while Palabrica finished on top in Recognized Poomsae under 11 years old category.

The two’s fellow stablemate Julianna Martha Uy settled for silver medal finish in the Blackbelt Cadet Female Division.

“I am proud of them because we send in three athletes and all of them captured medals,” Pinggol told Panay News. “Despite the pandemic, they made sure to stay in shape.”

Meanwhile, Capiznon Mikee Rose Degala of De La Salle University Manila also captured a gold medal in the Smart MVPSF NCR Poomsae and Speed Kicking Taekwondo Championships.

A mainstay of Venancio Taekwondo Academy, Degala bested other taekwondo jins in Manila to take home the gold medal in the Poomsae Senior Female Black B event./PN

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