Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Filipino jin cops bronze in WTF world cadet taekwondo championships

Taekwondon, Muju, Korea -Wendil Jay Rama bagged the lone medal for the Philippines in the 2nd WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Korea. Rama won the bronze medal in the male 33kg event. The event was won by home talent Kang-min Kim. The silver medal went to Amir Valipour of Iran, while the other bronze medal went to Jasurbek Zokirov of Uzbekistan.

Other 6 male and 8 female jins unfortunately won't bring any medal back home. The Philippine delegation is headed by Tem Igor Mella and was coached by Japoy Lizardo and Alvin Taraya.

Iran won the most number of events, winning 5 out of the 10 events including 2 runner-up finishes.

Meanwhile, our Southeast Asian counterpart Thailand, won the 2nd most number of golds with three.

European countries Germany and France each had a gold medal.

Day 1- August 23
Female-29kg
Gold - Fatemeh Ebrahimizadeh (Iran)
Silver - Anima Cherchesova (Russia)
Bronze - Mallorie Dellenbach (France)
Bronze - Alima Kaidarova (Kazakhstan)

Female-33kg 
Gold - Mahla Momenzadeh (Iran)
Silver - Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana (Thailand)
Bronze - Jordyn Smith (Great Britain)
Bronze - Ash Ogan (United States of America)

Female-51kg
Gold - Mobina Shakeri (Iran)
Silver - Polina Arzhevitina (Russia)
Bronze - Ji-yeong Seo (South Korea)
Bronze - Stefanie Grunauer (Germany)

Male-65kg
Gold - Mohammad Khani (Iran)
Silver - Stanislav Melnik (Russia)
Bronze - Dulat Sikhymov (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Luis Manuel Flores Avendano (Mexico)

Male over 65kg
Gold - Nima Mehrali (Iran)
Silver - Min-hyeok Kim (South Korea)
Bronze - Dzmitry Malinouski (Belarus)
Bronze - Islomjon Adkhamov (Uzbekistan)

Day 2- August 24
Female-41kg
Gold - Ploylapus Chaiprasit (Thailand)
Silver - Setareh Chaboki (Iran)
Bronze - Viktoriya Sobko (Ukraine)
Bronze - Derya Esme (Turkey)
Female-47kg
Gold - Ines Mehnana (France)
Silver - Elizaveta Andriianenko (Russia)
Bronze - Ahsen Sengun (Turkey)
Bronze - Namuun Boldbaatar (Mongolia)
Male-33kg
Gold - Kang-min Kim (South Korea)
Silver - Amir Valipour (Iran)
Bronze - Jasurbek Zokirov (Uzbekistan)
Bronze - Wendil Jay Rama (Philippines)
Male-37kg
Gold - Ratchapon Senghapha (Thailand)
Silver - Jorge Fonseca (Mexico)
Bronze - Mason Yarrow (Great Britain)
Bronze - Chan-yeong Lee (South Korea)
Male-53kg
Gold - Muhammedcan Goekce (Germany)
Silver - Oleksandr Dziuba (Ukraine)
Bronze - Anil Erkin Zeray (Turkey)
Bronze - Baldomero Gutierrez Pena (Mexico)