by Tere Alex โ EM TV Sport
Sheโs only 15 but already has a title.
Crystal Mari is the PNG open womenโs division champion in Karate, kata category.
Sheโs a promising athlete with medal prospects for the PNG Games and the 2015 Pacific Games. Who would have thought that Karate Kids would be a lifelong influence? Crystal Mari is exactly that, having started out from in front of her television. ย
Sheโs an eager learner and was quick to pick up the basics when she made her debut in karate in 2011.
Crystalย Mari is a well-disciplined, young athlete with an ambition to master her craft. Her father, Carl Mari, was a representative and is now president of the PNG Karate-do Federation.
She has taken part in various overseas meets, including the Oceania Championships in Fiji where she settled for a bronze medal in Cadet Female 54kg Kumite, while narrowly missing out on a bronze in the Junior Female Kumite 53kgย
In the other divisions, Crystal narrowly missed out on a bronze in Junior Female Kumite (53kg) and also made the quarter finals in the Junior Female Kata division in the Open Karate-do Federation Championships, held in Thailand in July.
Adding to her medal collection was her recent gold-winning performances in the 2014 PNG Open Karate Titles. She took gold in female Cadet Kata, open female Kata and in the 15-year female Kumite.
Crystal Mari is sure to be a strong rival in the PNG Games, as well as the 2015 Pacific Games which is not far from her mind.
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