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A GOLD IN KARATE. Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii (center) shows her gold medal after winning the women's kumite -50kg event at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday (July 8, 2022). With her are Karate Pilipinas president Richard Lim (left) and national team head coach Okay Arpa. (Photo courtesy of Karate Pilipinas) MANILA - Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii ruled the women's kumite -50kg category in the World Games karate competition at the Birmingham Southern College in Alabama, the United States on Friday (Saturday in Manila). Tsukii pulled off a 2-0 upset win over world No. 2 Yorgelis Salazar of Venezuela in the finals to become the first Filipino karate champion in the prestigious tournament. "I have been waiting for this for many years. The Philippines is not a very big country and we have not won many gold medals. Today, I was not fighting just for myself; I was fighting for the new generations of karatekas in the Philippines who hopefully can outgrow this su ....

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