Gold Medalist Attributes Success To Hard Training

Gold medalist in the female category of the just concluded second Rivers State Open Karate and Kickboxing Championship in Port Harcourt, Chineye Ibeh of Lagos State, says her training against the competition was tough.
She expressed joy for winning the gold medal, saying that she under went stressful training for preparation.
Ibeh disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Tidesports over the weekend after she defeated Blessing James of Abuja  4-0 in the 61kg female final in  karate, at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Sports Complex, Port Harcourt.
“I am very, very happy that after stressful trainings every thing paid for good. My preparations were very tough because since the beginning of the year, I have been training seriously for the  championship,” Ibeh said.
She described this year’s tournament as more successful  compared to the  last edition.
“My ambition is to improve and  win more medals,” she said.
Also speaking,  Blessing James  expressed sadness over the defeat, saying that her plan was to win the gold medal.
“I had  a good preparation for the championship. But I don’t know what went wrong,” James explained.
The former gold medalist said she will go back to the drawing board to reclaim her title next outing.

By: Kadum Edookor