Young Karateka aims high

Ranna has just returned from the US Open Karate Championships and Junior Olympics in Nevada, USA where she won three gold medals and a bronze. She said that competition was much tougher in the US Open than in the Junior Olympics. In the Junior Olympics, Ranna won a gold medal in kata and another in kumite. In the US Open, she got a gold medal in kata and bronze in kumite.

She told Mmegi Sport that at first, she was very confident ahead of the two competitions. "But after meeting my opponents, I felt nervous. I thought I was not going to make it especially since it was my first international competition," she said. She added that their coach Mpho Bakwadi told the seven Botswana karatekas who took part in the two tournaments to do their best and never fear anything.