Young Ukrainian karate players performed brilliantly at the final tournament of the year - the stage of the Karate 1-Youth League, which took place on December 9-12 in Venice (Italy). Having won 11 gold medals, the athletes from Ukraine were ahead of the teams of Italy and Spain in the overall standings.
The last stage of the Youth League closed the season. The tournament, which took place at the Palainvent sports complex in the beach suburb of Venice Lido di Jesolo, brought together 2,047 young athletes from 52 countries.
Congratulations to our young champions and winners and their coaches! Congratulations to all participants of the tournament who have gained important competitive experience. Further success will come.
Gold:
- 🥇 Daniel Simonenko (CADET KUMITE MALE -52 KG)
95 athletes, 29 countries, 7 fights, 7 victories
Bronze:
- 🥉 Bogdan Prudky (JUNIOR KUMITE MALE -68 KG)
129 athletes, 38 countries, 7 fights, 6 victories - 🥉 Ilya Bykov (CADET KUMITE MALE -57 KG)
108 athletes, 31 countries, 7 fights, 6 victories - 🥉 Denis Pyantkivsky (CADET KUMITE MALE -63 KG)
116 athletes, 32 countries, 7 fights, 6 victories
5th place:
- 5️⃣ Valeria Sergaeva (JUNIOR KUMITE FEMALE -48 KG)
33 athletes, 17 countries, 5 fights, 3 victories - 5️⃣ Dmitry Mitin (U14 KUMITE MALE -40 KG)
61 athletes, 20 countries, 5 fights, 3 victories
