Makaf decide to axe karate coach after two major failures

Good times: Karate coach Andris Vasiljevs (left) with Syakilla Salni Jefry Krisnan after she won the gold medal in the women

PETALING JAYA: It will be less than two years before karate makes its debut at the Tokyo Olympics but things are not looking good for the national team.

Latvian coach Andris Vasiljevs now has to pay the price for the team’s failure to win a gold at the Asian Karate Championships in Jordan in July and the Asian Games in Jakarta in August.