Léa Morin was sick in bed two days before the Pan American Karate Championships in Mexico City, but she managed to fight through fatigue, finishing fifth place in a division of nearly 25 athletes and punching a spot at the World Championships in Turkey at the end of October.
“I couldn’t push that much because I didn’t have any energy. I didn’t eat much before, so I had to change the strategy of kata that I did and do shorter ones instead of the ones that I’m more used to,” she told The Record on Monday, adding she could have placed even higher.
Morin, a 19-year-old student at Cégep de Sherbrooke, practices kata, a form of karate displaying a series of movements, which is then judged on athleticism, strength, physicality and the effectiveness of the technique at competitions, she explained in a phone interview.
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Sherbrooke karate athlete books ticket to world championships in October
By Michael Boriero
