Hongkonger beats Japanese opponent in Chengdu to improve on her bronze at the last edition in United States
Grace Lau Mo-sheung has won Hong Kong’s first medal at the World Games in Chengdu, after she beat Japan’s Maho Ono in the karate kata final on Friday.
The world No 1 Hongkonger won with an impressive score of 45.3, over Ono’s 43.6, at the Jianyang Cultural and Sports Centre Gymnasium.
Finishing top of the podium for the first time at a multi-sport Games was a moment to savour for the 33-year-old, who had to settle for bronze not only at the 2022 edition in Birmingham, Alabama, but also at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the past two Asian Games.
Lau had earlier in the day beaten Iran’s Fatemeh Sadeghi Dastak 44.9 to 41.9 in the semi-finals to qualify for the final.
