Budapest 2023 / Da Costa, Zaretska and Badawy on the top of the world
Already on the roof of Europe, Steven Da Costa won his 3rd title in a row, as Irina Zaretska. A great accomplishment !
Another highlight of the day, Youssef Badawi won his 2nd title in a row and Ali Sofuoglu beat Quintero who will never be world champion.
By Florian Fournier / Photo : D.R
Budapest 2023 / Badawy, Torres Garcia and Zaretska once again in final
On Tuesday 24th October, the 26th karate world championships started in Budapest. In the morning, Damian Quintero, Ali Sofuoglu, Hikaru Ono and Grace Lau qualified for the final in kata.
In the afternoon, the reigning world champions, Youssef Badawy -84kg, Maria Torres Garcia +68kg and Irina Zaretska -68kg reached the final.
By Florian Fournier / Photo : D.R
Budapest 2023 in short
These 26th Karate World Championships organized in Budapest (October 24-29) will, whatever happens, have a special flavor. These are the first in 15 years without Aghayev, Busa, Arkania and Sanchez Jaime ! Brose, at 37, will seek a 4th title, Steven Da Costa and Irina Zaretska a 3rd in a row. All you should know…
By Florian Fournier
Asian Games / Ganjzadeh in gold, China is back
Two weeks before the World championship (October 24-29 in Budapest), the Asian Games were held in Hangzhou (China) from October 5 to 8. The Iranian star, world and olympic champion Sajad Ganjzadeh won the title as Gong Li. Kazakhstan ranks 1st nation. All the results.
By Florian Fournier
Photo : D.R
Budapest 2023 / Sami Tas : « C’était un rêve de représenter la France »
Pour sa première sélection en équipe de France, Sami Tas va débuter par les Championnats du monde. A Budapest (24-29 octobre), le jeune homme de 22 ans ne se laisse pas impressionner et compte réussir une performance de haut rang. L’or, il n’y a que cela qui l’obsède.
Par Florian Fournier
Photo : Karategallery
Karate1 Dublin / Japan, Terliuga and Salazar impressive
16th gold in K1 pour Terliuga, 13th pour Zaretska, 2nd Grand Winner title in a row for Salazar. These 3 women made the Karate1 World theirs, like the upcoming Japan young team, which impressed in the K1Dublin (October 8-10thnaks to 6 golds. All the podiums + the Grand winners 2023.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : WKF
