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Mangaluru, (The Hindu): Mayor Kavita Sanil, who entered the karate competition fray after a gap of nine years, clinched gold on the concluding day of the Indian Karate Championship here on Sunday. Ms. Sanil defeated emerging champion Nisha Nayak 7-3 in the finals in the above 65-kg category, said a release here.
Though the scores were equal initially at 3-3, Ms. Sanil was able to beat the opponent in the subsequent rounds. Having been a national champion between 1996 and 2008, Ms. Sanil was away from karate for a while. She was also an international champion thrice. Ms. Sanil undertook rigorous practice in the two months amidst her busy schedule as the city’s first citizen. In the semi-finals of Indian Karate Championship 2017 too, Ms. Sanil defeated her opponent Kavya 8-0. With Sun-day’s victory, Ms. Sanil can compete to be a qualifier for the 2020 Olym-pics to be held in Tokyo, the release added.
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