Karate star sets record
Riasha Singh sets a new all time record as triple gold Africa Zone 6 champion.
KARATE South Africa (KSA) karate superstar Riasha Singh, who regularly teaches classes in and around Durban, set a record at the Africa World Karate Federation (WKF) Zone 6 championships held over the past weekend in Zambia.
The National Universities 2013 all styles champion achieved a triple gold medal haul in the senior ladies black belt category. The seasoned tournament campaigner who hails from KZN was coached ringside while setting a new all time record as triple gold Africa Zone 6 champion, by her mentor and coach KSA-Protea Coach, Brando Pillay.
The head coach of team KSA at the Zambia event said he believed Riasha was destined to be a world WKF champion.
Upon her return home on Monda,y a very excited Riasha expressed her gratitude to SKISA her domestic organisation, KSA the national federation for karate in SA, and her parents for their consistent financial support for her many karate tours abroad.
“My parents have been a tower of support both financially and morally. I am very elated that I was able to win three senior Africa titles at the Zone 6 Africa championships, I did it for the rainbow nation,” said the karate superstar, who is also a UKZN engineering student.
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