Two gold medals show chink in World Champs armour

Akino Lindsay and Richard Stone successfully defended their semi-contact (continuous sparring) titles at the International Sports Kickboxing Association Amateur Members Association (ISKA AMA) World Championships in Madrid, Spain, at the weekend.

Lindsay and Stone led a crack team completed by Adrian Moore, Nicholai Reid, and Sharic Bowen, which returned home with eight medals — two gold, four silver, and two bronze — extending the country’s record of excellence since Oshane Murray first won gold in 2012.

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Though praising the team, ISKA Jamaica president, Dr Jason McKay, said the decline in gold medals won, seven from last year’s tournament held in Brisbane, Australia, signals that “the world has caught up with us”.