Egyptians and Iranians are on their good way to Tokyo. Present in numbers on all the competitions of the K1 circuit, they are also numerous to have qualified for the finals of the Salzburg Series A (March1-3) whose finals take place today. All the fights of the day.
By Ludovic Mauchien / Photo : Kphotos
Male
-60kg
Final: Samdan (Tur) vs Assadilov (Kaz)
Bronze: Farzaliyev (Aze) (Ita) vs. Alpysbay (Kaz) and Salama (Egy) vs. Nascimento (Bra)
-67kg
Final: Elsawy (Egy) vs Pokorny (Aut)
Bronze: Maresca (Ita) vs Tzanos (Gre) and Bexultan (Kaz) vs. Amirali (Kaz)
-75kg
Final: El Sharaby (Lazio, Ita) vs Harspataki (Hun)
Bronze: Asgari (Irn) vs Horuna (Ukr) and Charpentier (Chi) vs Hsu (Tpe)
-84 kg
Final: Aktas (Tur) vs Khodabakhshi (Irn)
Bronze: Mamayev (Aze) vs. Tumakov (Ukr) and Poorshab (Irn) vs. Gyorgy (Hun)
+84 kg
Final: Abazari (Irn) vs Gurbanli (Aze)
Bronze: Grinevich (Blr) vs. Lardy (NL) and Heydari (Irn) vs. Horne (Ger)
Kata
Final: Quintero (Spa) vs Moto (Jpn)
Kata team
Final: Malaysia vs Turkey
Female
-50 kg
Final: Tadano (Jpn) vs Bahmanyar (Irn)
Bronze: Ozcelik (Tur) vs. Sayed (Egy) and Gu Shiau-Shuang (Tpe) vs. Hubrich (Ger)
-55kg
Final: Toro Meneses (Chi) vs Khaksar (Irn)
Bronze: Terliuga (Ukr) vs. Zakharova (Kaz) and Gorunova (Bul) vs. Busa (Ita)
-61kg
Final: Kujuro (Jpn) vs Yin (Chn)
Bronze: Nilsson (Swe) vs Pillarova (Slq) and Kornefeld (Swi) vs Lotfy (Egy)
-68kg
Final: Buchinger (Aut) vs Quirici (Swi)
Bronze: Gong Li (Chn) vs. Melnyk (Ukr) and K. Someya (Jpn) vs. Kneer (Ger)
+68 kg
Final: Aboualyazed (Egy) vs Saito (Jpn)
Bronze: Lesjak (Cro) vs Berultseva (Ukr) and Tatarova (Slk) vs. Ropret (Ser)
Kata
Final: Sanchez Jaime (Spa) vs Shimizu (Jpn)
Kata team
Final: Australia vs Italy