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Karateka Torres kapalit ni Alforte sa Asian Games

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by Gerard Arce @Sports News | August 25, 2026



Rebecca Cyril Torres at Sakura Alforte - Circulated FB

Photo: Rebecca Cyril Torres at Sakura Alforte - Circulated FB



Malabo nang palawigin pa ni Filipino-Japanese karateka Sakura Alforte ang tansong medalya na nakuha sa 2022 edisyon ng Asian Games sa  20th Aichi-Nagoya meet matapos hindi mapabilang sa pinal na listahan ng national athletes simula Set. 19 hanggang Okt. 4 sa Japan.


Inilahad ni Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation Inc. Richard Lim sa Bulgar Sports na hindi pinalad sa final line-up ang 23-anyos na Pinay Karateka at papalitan ito ni 9th Southeast Asian Karate Championships silver medalist Rebecca Cyril Torres.


Due to rules with participation of team kata,” pahayag ni Lim na Chef de Mission ng Asian Games sa mensahe nito kahapon sa Bulgar Sports. “You cannot send team kata if individual kata is not in the team kata.”

 

Babanat para sa Kumite sina 33rd SEAG bronze medalist Marie June Adriano sa under-50kgs, veteran karateka at SEAG multi-medalist Alwyn Batican sa men’s under-75kgs, at Thailand Games silver medalist John Christian Lachica sa men’s under-60kgs category.


All our karatekas have chances in Japan. That's why we sent only six players,” wika ni Lim.


Patuloy na naghahanap ng unang gintong medalya ang Pilipinas sa larangan ng Karate  habang may walong tanso ang nauuwi ng national squad nina Lim (Kata-1994), Alforte (Kata-2022), Cherli Tugday (Kata-2002), Noel Espinosa (Kata-2006), David Lay (Kumite-1994), Mae Soriano (Kumite-2014), Fil-Jap Junna Tsukii (Kumite-2018), at athlete-turn-Beauty Queen-turn-news personality Gretchen Malalad (Kumite-2002).


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