The SerieA of Kocaeli (Turkeye), 3^rd out of 4^th of 2022, ended today. In this competition where there is no ranking limits, a lot of athletes hope to do a great performance in order to upgrade in the World ranking to be able to participate to the next Karate 1. In Kocaeli, the next generation has appeared.

By Florian Fournier / Photos : Nicolas Leport

-60 kg

Final : Ozdemir (Tur) b. Meskini (Ira), 0-0
Bronze : Aly (Egy) b. Dehghanzadeh (Ira), 2-0 / Meziane (Fra) b. Boisseron (Fra), 3-0

1. Ozdemir (Tur)
2. Meskini (Ira)
3. Aly (Egy) / Meziane (Fra)

-67kg

Final : Mohamed (Egy) b. Kamal (Kaz), 3-2
Bronze : Rzazade (Aze) b. Batyrgali (Kaz), 4-3 / Nemati (Ira) b. Shih (Tpe), 4-0

1. Mohamed (Egy)
2. Kamal (Kaz)
3. Rzazade (Aze) / Nemati (Ira)

-75kg

Final : Maric (Ser) b. Yurur (Tur), 7-0
Bronze : Durham (Aus) b. Zlobin (Ukr) / Salapura (Ser) b. Rahozenko (Ukr), 5-0

1. Maric (Ser)
2. Yurur (Tur)
3. Durham (Aus) / Salapura (Ser)
   

-84kg

Final : Khodabakhsi (Ira) b. Arslan (Tur), 3-0
Bronze : Sonnykh (Ukr) b. Lardjoum (Fra), 11-11 / Gilanpoor (Ira) b. Kulovuori (Fin), 2-0

1. Khodabakhsi (Ira)
2. Arslan (Tur)
3. Sonnykh (Ukr) / Gilanpoor (Ira)

+84kg

Final : Nemati (Ira) b. Arslan (Tur), 1-0
Bronze : Zitouni (Alg) b. Ashouri (Ira), 5-1 / Belhamel (Alg) b. Osmanli (Aze), 2-2

1. Nemati (Ira)
2. Arslan (Tur)
3. Zitouni (Alg) / Belhamel (Alg)

Kata M

Final : Ghaly (Egy) b. Mohamed (Egy), 26.2 / 25.2
Bronze : Elghobashy (Egy) b. Ngoan (Fra), 25.52 / 23.94 / Hung (HK) b. Ortiz (Ven), 25.02 / 24.86

1. Ghaly (Egy)
2. Mohamed (Egy)
3. Elghobashy (Egy) / Hung (HK)

Female

-50kg

Final : Teymurova (Aze)  b. Sgardelli (Cro), 4-1
Bronze : Akkurt (Tur) b. Hamza (Egy), 8-0 / Bas (Tur) b. Sekkour (Alg), 4-3

1. Teymurova (Aze)
2. Sgardelli (Cro)
3. Akkurt (Tur) / Bas (Tur)

-55kg

Final : Abouriche (Alg) b. Bugur (Ger), 5-2
Bronze : Ocak (Tur) b. Karabag (Tur), 6-3 / Sadigova (Aze) b. Uygur (Tur), 5-0

1. Abouriche (Alg)
2. Bugur (Ger)
3. Ocak (Tur) / Sadigova (Aze)

-61kg

Final : Avazeri (Fra) b. Khamis (All), 1-1
Bronze : Hassan (Egy) b. Kostovska (Mkd), 10-7 / Aly (Egy) b. Kujuro (Jap), 7-1

1. Avazeri (Fra)
2. Khamis (All)
3. Hassan (Egy) / Aly (Egy)

-68kg

Final : Elmadany (Egy) b. Becirovic (Cro), 1-1
Bronze : Sombe (Fra) b. Soliman (Egy), 8-6 / Zorko (Cro) b. Fejzik (Bih), 0-0

1. Elmadany (Egy)
2. Becirovic (Cro)
3. Sombe (Fra) / Zorko (Cro)

+68kg

Final : Quintal (Mex) b. Kasatura (Tur), 0-0
Bronze : Kresic (Bih) b. Nolet (Can), 6-2  / Mostafa (Egy) b. Corenson Beaudu (Fra), 8-0

1. Quintal (Mex)
2. Kasatura (Tur)
3. Kresic (Bih) / Mostafa (Egy)

Kata F

Final : Lo (Hkg) b. Xenou (Gre), 25.14 / 24.54
Bronze : Afsaneh (Ira) b. Jamal (Ira), 24.74 / 24.46 / Kato (Jap)  b. Khamis (Egy), 24.94 / 24.86

1. Lo (Hkg)
2. Xenou (Gre)
3. Afsaneh (Ira) / Kato (Jap)