JAMIE LIM lost to Dutch Lynn Snel (1-2) on Thursday in the repechage of the women’s -61 kgs of kumite to miss a podium finish at the World Karate Federation Senior World Championships at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Karate Pilipinas President Ricky Lim said the European judges scored it 3-2 for Snel with one judge seeing the match tied at 1-1.
Lim’s loss came a day after Junna Tsukii bowed out of the tournament late Wednesday.
“Despite her [Jamie Lim] defeat, the European judges still gave Jamie a 2,” Ricky Lim said. “I am still happy for her because I know she’ll improve for next year’s Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games. She’ll be the apple of the eye there.”
Tsukii beat North Macedonia’s Sara Radicevska via majority decision in the women’s -50 kgs also of kumite, but fell to Uzbekistan’s Bakhriniso Babaeva (2-3) in the second round on Wednesday evening.
Kata athletes Joco Vasquez and Sarah Pangilinan took the mat kate Thursday.
Ricky Lim said Filipino athletes will also compete in the Asian championships set from December 19 to 22 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.