26/10/2024
As many know, Livi Fry travelled to Argentina with Amy Adair and Terry Boyle to compete in the IKU World Karate Championships.
After a long days travel on Tuesday, Livi & Amy settled in and checked out the venue on Wednesday evening in preparation for their first of 3 events.
Kata was up first, having achieved a solid score in her kata, Livi missed out in getting through to the final 8. Her score was a big improvement on her previous attempt 2 years ago.
Friday came the kumite, Livi’s strongest event.
Deciding to enter the heavy weight section for this event, she knew she would be rolling with the punches. She fought well beating 2 Brazilian ladies to make her way into the semi final where she faced a very strong and tall Italian, being 1 point down within the fight, Livi came back to win it 5-1 with some quick hands and head shots.
This set her up for the final, a Polish contender. This competitor was taller and slightly quicker than Livi, but she dig deep and gave the fight of her career.
Achieving 2nd place at an event like this is by no means a failure, having come 4th two years ago Livi was in a mission to get the silverware.
Saturday saw Livi again in fighting action, this time in OpenWeight Kimite. Livi was put out in one of the earlier rounds by the overall winner of the event; however this allowed her to content for 3rd place. Having trained for this event for the past 6 months, she was not going to be defeated, she fought through all the fighters the overall winner beat and obtain a bronze medal.
We are so so proud of this young lady who is an inspiration to many young people in the club, and demonstrates that by working hard you will achieve.
Now for some downtime and sightseeing in preparation for the next 2 big events.
One of which is the Hyrox in Dublin at the end of November.
The other…. You’ll have to wait and see.
Well done Livi, we can’t wait to see you back home.
Enjoy your travels
