Elisabetta Mainwaring won gold in kata, silver in kumite and bronze in open kumite
A TEAM comprised mainly of Oxford Karate Academy students collected a host of medals – including six golds – when competing in a tournament in Russia.
All six first places came in the kata discipline, four by Oxford members Kieran Bennett, Isaac Henderson, Elisabetta Mainwaring and Paul Coleman. London’s Richard Hang Hong triumphed twice to complete the gold tally.
Bennett and Ilana Cope (Oxford) took silvers in kata, while Mainwaring and Henderson did likewise in the kumite discipline.
BRONZE MEDALLISTS
Kata: L Solomon (Witney), C Davies (Oxford), N Coleman (Oxford).
Kumite: C Ree (Oxford), Mainwaring, Henderson.
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