AKINO Lindsay, Jamaica’s most decorated martial artist, has heaped praises on the small contingent of nine fighters, who returned with 13 medals, five gold included, from the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open in Orlando, Florida, at the weekend.

Lindsay, who holds a US Open record of winning four gold medals at a single championship, 2018, selflessly forwent his heavyweight clash-sparring title bout at the Coronado Resort to coach up-and-coming fighters, who made the 31-year-old proud.

“Outside of Adrian Moore, who won gold in his ITF taekwondo bout on Friday’s Night of Victory, coached by Master Claude Chin, Delano Francis and I shared coaching duties for the younger fighters,” Lindsay explained.