World Games / Terliuga and Sanchez in gold, and many upsets…
July 8, 2022 will sound like the last coronation and the end of the Sandra Jaime Sanchez era. Olympic champion, double world champion, 7 times European champion, the Spaniard bows out on a last title. Like Sanchez, Terliuga assumes her favorite status and wins the World Games in -55 kg. In the other categories, there were many surprises: Tsukii (-50 kg), Figueira (-67 kg), Anis (-60 kg) and Moto (Kata) leave with gold.
By Florian Fournier and Ludovic Mauchien
Photo: World Games
World Games / Today : Sanchez, Terliuga, Brose…
The last of the last of 2 legends, Sandra Sanchez Jaime and Antonio Diaz, the Terliuga-Goranova duel, or even that between Brose and Crescenzo, the last 2 world champions. Today Friday is Kata, -50 kg, -55 kg, -60 kg and -67 kg day.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
World Games 2022 / 96 karatekas for history !
They are 8 per category, there will only be one left at the end of the 2 days of competition of the 11th World Games. Organized this year in Birmingham (USA), they welcome 34 sports, 58 disciplines and 3,600 athletes, including 96 karateka who will be competing tomorrow and Saturday (July 8 and 9). 2 Olympic champions and 8 World champions are in the running. Hajime !
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo: World Games
Prague2022 / Plus de 1000 karatékas engagés
Les 49e Championnats d’Europe cadets-juniors-U21 commencent aujourd’hui à Prague. 1084 athlètes de 48 pays sont attendus dans la capitale tchèque jusqu’à dimanche. L’an passé, la Turquie avait largement dominé l’édition avec 17 médailles dont 9 en or. La France avait remporté 9 médailles dont 2 en or, Hairiss Hierso en cadet et Raybak Abdesselem en espoir. Ce dernier tentera le doublé à Prague.
Photo : Nicolas Leport
2000 athletes at the Porec Youth League !
After Acapulco and Limassol, Porec hosted the 3rd stage of the Karate 1 Youth League from July 1 to 3. No less than 1,955 karateka aged 12 to 17 from 55 countries met in Croatia. Engaged with their club or their national team, the future Greats initially followed the traditional training camp led this year by Viviana Bottaro, Ivan Leal and Douglas Brose. In terms of results, the Egyptians, the French, the Italians, the Ukrainians and the Belgians shone. All the podiums & results
Photos : Croatian Karate Union
Panams 2022 / Brose, Scott, Kokumai, the stars at the rendezvous
In Curacao, the XXXVe Panams hold all thier promises. The legends like Brose, Scott or Kokumai win their 7, 6 and 7 continental titles. The young generation like Salazar and Torres Gutierrez confirm the hopes placed in them.
By Florian Fournier
Photos : D.R