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SANTIAGO, Chile—The largest team of Canadian karatekas ever assembled to fight at the Junior Pan American Championships combined to win six gold, four silver and six bronze medals in Kumite and Kata events in Santiago, Chile. Six Canucks scrapped their way to the top step of the podium throughout the three-day affair. Megan Rouchette, who...

TORONTO (July 14, 2023) – Karate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced a record number of six athletes who will represent Canada in karate at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Karate Canada will send four women and one man to compete in a variety of kumite weight categories, and one woman to...

LAVAL Que.—The cream of the crop in Canadian karateka took turns climbing to the top of the podium and contributing to the medal tallies for their respective provinces on the final day of the National Championships in Laval, Que. Quebecers Nicholas Patrick-Rivest, Lily-Rose Nolet, Yamina Lahyanssa, and Hana Furumoto-Deshaies along with Ontario’s Melissa Bratic and...

LAVAL Que.—Ontario’s karate athletes grabbed the lead in the medal count after the first two days of kata and kumite competitions at the 2023 National Championships in Laval, Que., having won 54 medals including 22 gold. Quebec athletes are charging hard, having made the most trips to the national podium at 62, but four fewer...