At home, Irina Zaretska won a new karate1. Her 11 succes in this competition. After her fail at the European championships, Zaretska reacted in the best way.
Like her Guliyev and Gurbanli win at home.
By Florian Fournier / Photo : Karatepixglobal
-60kg
Fort he 1st time at this stage of the competition, Guliyev and Aboeitta delivered a great final. The Azerbaijani at home finally won 6-5.
Final : Guliyev (Aze) b. Aboeitta (Egy), 6-5
Bronze : Alpysbay (Kaz) b. Shaqrah (Jor), 3-3 / Xenos (Gre) b. Samdan (Tur), 2-1
1. Guliyev (Aze)
2. Aboeitta (Egy)
3. Alpysbay (Kaz) / Xenos (Gre)
-67kg
For his 1st tournament since the European championships last May (3rd), the Olympic champion and 2-time world champion Steven Da Costa won in Baku, thanks to a Yoko geri on his opponent the Greek Xenos.
Final : Da Costa (Fra) b. Xenos (Gre), 2-0
Bronze : Amirali (Kaz) b. Alami (Mar), 4-4 / Aghalarzade (Aze) b. Nakano (Jap), 3-1
- Da Costa (Fra)
Xenos (Gre)
3. Amirali (Kaz) / Aghalarzade (Aze)
-75kg
In a tense and spectacular final, the Kazakh Azhikanov won over the 2018 world champion, the Iranian Asgari. Coming back twice to the score, Asgari lost 3-2.
Final : Azhikanov (Kaz) b. Asgari (Ira), 3-2
Bronze : Abdelaziz (Egy) b. Mahauden (Bel), 10-1 / Zaplitnyi (Ukr) b. Duarte (Por), 2-0
1. Azhikanov (Kaz)
2. Asgari (Ira)
3. Abdelaziz (Egy) / Zaplitnyi (Ukr)
-84kg
Without going into detail, the Egyptian world champion Youssef Badawy won his final 8-1 against the Japanese Shimada.
Final : Badawy (Egy) b. Shimada (Jap), 8-1
Bronze : Poorshab (Ira) b. Ramadan (Egy) 1-1 / Hasanov (Aze) b. Toroshanko (Ukr) 8-0
1. Badawy (Egy)
2. Shimada (Jap)
3. Poorshab (Ira) / Hasanov (Aze)
+ 84kg
At home, it is a convincing success that Gurbanli has just signed. Winning 2-1 in a tough fight where the Egyptian Mahmoud was counted, the Azerbaijani knew how to keep his point ahead.
Final : Gurbanli (Aze) b. Mahmoud (Egy), 2-1
Bronze : Talibov (Ukr) b. Sen (Tur) 3-0 / Arkania (Geo) b. Hajizade (Aze) 0-0
1. Gurbanli (Aze)
2. Mahmoud (Egy)
3. Talibov (Ukr) / Arkania (Geo)
Kata
Final : Nishiyama (Jap) b. Moto (Jap), 26.06 - 25,8
Bronze : Ozdemir (Tur) b. Sofuoglu (Tur), 26.20 – 25.32 / Torres Gutierrez (Usa) b. Ikeda (Jap), 26.12 – 25.72
1. Nishiyama (Jap)
2. Moto (Jap)
3. Ozdemir (Tur) / Torres Gutierrez (Usa)
Female
-50kg
N°2 in the world, the Venezuelan Salazar confirms her rank and gets closer to the 1st place after her win in this Karate 1 in Baku.
Final : Salazar (Ven) b. Bahmanyar (Ira), 5-0
Bronze : Ozcelik (Tur) b. Plank (Aut), 1-0 / Perfetto (Ita) b. Bugur (All), 7-0
1. Salazar (Ven)
2. Bahmanyar (Ira)
3. Ozcelik (Tur) / Perfetto (Ita)
-55kg
On the paper, the duel between the world champion and the European champion seemed enticing but Youssef and Terliuga fought a close fight. Ending at 0-0, it is the Egyptian world champion who won at the flags.
Final : Youssef (Egy) b.Terliuga (Ukr), 0-0
Bronze : Nakamura (Jap) b. Uygur (Tur) 4-3 / Khasar (Ira) b. Yakan (Tur), 2-0
1. Youssef (Egy)
2. Terliuga (Ukr)
3. Nakamura (Jap) / Khasar (Ira)
-61kg
In a final where she was the big favourite, the Ukrainian Anita Serogina won against Sweden’s Nilsson. All in control, the Ukrainian keeps filling her record.
Final : Serogina (Ukr) b. Nilsson (Sue), 2-0
Bronze : Chajai (Egy) b. Alipourkheska (Ira) 3-0 / Mangiacapra (Ita) b. Malauta (Rou), 5-2
1. Serogina (Ukr)
2. Nilsson (Sue)
3. Chajai (Egy) / Mangiacapra (Ita)
-68kg
Scoring first in this high-level duel, Semeraro saw Irina Zarestka coming back to the score 1-1 and then take the lead 4-1 before coming back herself to 4-4 with a Ura mawashi geri. Stripped of the senshu, the Italian bows to the flags. Irina Zaretska wins this karate1 at home.
Final : Zaretska (Aze) b. Semeraro (Ita), 4-4
Bronze : Quirici (Sui) b. Brouk (Mar), 2-0 / Melnyk (Ukr) b. Kanay (Kaz) 0-0
1. Zaretska (Aze)
2. Semeraro (Ita)
3. Quirici (Sui) / Melnyk (Ukr)
+ 68kg
No surprise in this final. The Japanese Saito dominates the Ukrainian Stepashko 4-1 and gets her first win in a Karate 1.
Final : Saito (Jap) b. Stepashko (Ukr), 4-1
Bronze : Uekusa (Jap) b. Sawae (Jap), 5-3 / Berultseva (Kaz) b. Kydonaki (Gre)
1. Saito (Jap)
2. Stepashko (Ukr)
3. Kydonaki (Gre) / Berultseva (Kaz)
Kata
Final : Ono.H (Jap) b. Lau (HK), 26.54 - 25.34
Bronze : Shimizu.N (Jap) b. Bozan (Tur), 26.08 – 25.54 / Shimizu.K (Jap) b. Kokumai (Usa), 26.22 -25.14
1. Ono.H (Jap)
2. Lau (HKG)
3. Shimizu.N (Jap) / Shimizu.K (Jap)
