Triple Threat Kickboxing bring home eight medals from national championships
Triple Threat fighters performing at nationals for their very first time
Triple Threat Dojo is proving they can rumble with the elite.
Competing at the South African Championships held in Mossel Bay from May 12 to 15, Triple Threat’s kickboxers came home covered in glory. Led by multiple South African kickboxing champion Wade Rendell, the team earned an outstanding eight medals – six gold and two silver.
This was the first time Triple Threat had sent these fighters to the nationals and naturally their coach was overjoyed with their performance.
“We didn’t really expect this. If we came back with one champ we would have been ecstatic. We knew we were good enough to compete but didn’t know the level we could be competitive at,” said Wade.
Three juniors and three seniors made the trip with neither disappointing. Chloe Assad and Tebogo Molefe won gold in the under 55kg and under 63kg kick-light categories respectively, while Thomas Junior won gold in the under 60kg low-kick category. Thando Mahlango rounded out the single gold medallists with victory in the under 60kg low-kick category.
Two of Triple Threat’s fighters came home with two medals each. Rachelle Seyfferdt won gold in the under 65kg kick-light and silver in the under 65kg light-contact categories, with Brett Heslop winning gold in the under 63kg light-contact and silver in the under 63kg kick-light categories. The three juniors, Brett, Chloe and Thando will now be eligible to represent South Africa at the 2022 WAKO World Championships to be held in Italy in September.
