He had not won a Karate 1 since 2015. Hungary’s Harspataki (-75 kg) repaired this oversight on Sunday at the Salzburg Series A (March 1-3), which broke the participation record for an international tournament (2000 participants).
Kazakshtan, Iran and Turkey place one of their fighters on the podium in each category. In Kata, Japan’s Moto dominated Spain’s Quintero.

By Florian Fournier

Photo : Kphotos

Male

-60 kg

1. Assadilov (Kaz)
2. Samdan (Tur)
3. Salama (Egy) and Alpysbay (Kaz)

-67kg

1. Pokorny (Aut)
2. Elsawy (Egy)
3. Bexultan (Kaz) and Maresca (Ita)

-75kg

1. Harspataki (Hun)
2. El Sharaby (Ita)
3. Asgari (Ira) and Hsu (Tpe)

-84kg

1. Khodabakhshi (Ira)
2. Aktas (Tur)
3. Mamayev (Aze) and Poorshab (Ira)

+84kg

1.Gurbanli (Aze)

2.Abazari (Ira)

3.Grinevich (Bul) and Horne (Ger)

Femmes

-50kg

1. Tadano (Jap)

2.Bahmanyar (Ira)

3. Gu (Tpe) and Ozcelik (Tur)

-55kg

1. Khaksar (Ira)
2. Toro Meneses (Chi)
3. Goranova (Bul) and Terliuga (Ukr)

-61kg

1. Yin (Chi)
2. Kujuro (Jap)
3. Lotfy (Egy) and Pillarova (Rus)

-68kg

1. Buchinger (Aut)
2. Quirici (Sui)
3. Kneer (All) and Melnyk (Ukr)

+68kg

1.Aboualzyed (Egy)

2.Saito (Jap)

3.Berultseva (Kaz) and Tatarova (Svk)

Kata

Homme

1.Moto (Jap)

2.Quintero (Spa)

3.Shimbaba (Jap) and Nishiyama (Jap)

Team

1.Turkey

2.Malaisya

3.Koweit and Ashia Univ (Jap)

Female

1.Sanchez (Spa)

2.Shimizu (Jap)

3.Eltemur (Tur) and Bottaro (Ita)

Team

1.Italy

2.Australia

3.Portugal and Spain