THURSDAY, 4 FEBRUARY – With two more days to the end of the High Learning Institutions Sports Championship, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) contingent yesterday managed to achieve the target set for six gold.

UMS sixth gold haul was contributed by UMS Karate-Do athlete, Christina Ederis in the Women 68kg Kumite category by beating the participant from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Siti Hajar Mohd Azhar with 2-1 points.

The medal was the second personal gold medal for Christina, after contributing a gold medal in the
Pencak Silat.

This success increases UMS medal tally to six gold, four silver and ten bronze and finishing sixth among the contingents participating.

UMS contingent still has the chance to add more medals through athletics that would see its men and women athletes compete in the 200m final, in addition to the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final. – MA (fl)

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