International Table Tennis Federation 13 Apr 2021
Three places available for Tokyo 2020, the name at the top of the list in the women’s singles event at the forthcoming 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification tournament, which starts in Rosario, Argentina, on Tuesday 13th April, is that of Puerto Rico’s Melanie Diaz.
Melanie Diaz aiming to create history
by Ian Marshall
Not only is the 24-year-old from Utuado, where you take a boat to visit the local restaurant, seeking to make her debut in the prestigious multi-sport gathering, she is also aiming to create history.
At the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, younger sister Adriana Diaz reserved her place in Tokyo, courtesy of securing the women’s singles title; ever since table tennis was first included in the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, no sisters have ever both competed in the women’s singles event or have been on duty in the same Games!
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Sensei Deborah Jn. Baptiste is a practitioner of a brand of traditional Shotokan Karate developed by the late Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa of Japan who visited Saint Lucia in 2001. She has been a practitioner of Shotokan Karate for the past 30 years.
She holds the rank of 4th degree Black Belt from Shotokan Karate-do International Federation (SKIF-Japan) Headquartered in Japan. She is a Founding and Executive Member of Shotokan Karate-do International Federation Saint Lucia (SKIF-Saint Lucia) and Zanshin Karate Dojo. She is co-instructor with Sensei Ezra Jn. Baptiste at Zanshin Karate Dojo situated at Corinth Estate, Gros Islet.
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