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Saanich karate athlete wins national championship

Olivia Brodie gold in sparring, silver in forms discipline
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Olivia Brodie, 13, with coach Richard Mosdell. Brodie won the girls 12-to-13 year old, 35 kgs kumite division at last week’s official Karate Canada National Championships in Halifax, N.S. Submitted

A Cedar Hill middle school student is a Canadian national karate champion.

Olivia Brodie, 13, won the girls 12-to-13 year-old, 35-kilogram kumite (sparring) division at last week’s official Karate Canada National Championships in Halifax, N.S.

Brodie also won a silver medal in the girls 12-13 kata (form) division, and she’ll represent Canada in both disciplines.

Brodie is qualified to compete for Canada at the upcoming international tournaments Pan-Am Karate Championships in Brazil in August and is on the early track to qualify for a future Olympics, perhaps from 2028, said her karate sensei Richard Mosdell of Kenzen Sports Karate.

Karate is being introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

“Brodie trains four times a week never missing a practice, and even though she is in the youngest elite division, she has the mental focus from karate to have many wonderful competition experiences for years to come,” Mosdell said.

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Olivia Brodie, 13, won the girls 12-to-13 year-old, 35-kilogram kumite (sparring) division at last week’s official KarateCanada National Championships in Halifax, N.S.