BAKU, Azerbaijan, Might 24. The 61st WKF European
Karate Championship has concluded in Frankfurt, Germany, the
Azerbaijan Karate Federation stated, Development stories.
586 athletes from 50 international locations took half within the competitors held
from Might 20 to 24.
The European Championship proved profitable for Azerbaijani
karate athletes. Azerbaijani competitor Medina Sadigova gained the
gold medal within the girls’s under-55 kg class and made historical past as
Azerbaijan’s first feminine senior European champion underneath the WKF
group.
One other Azerbaijani consultant, Irina Zaretska, claimed a
bronze medal within the girls’s under-68 kg class.
Azerbaijani para-karate athletes Vidadi Khaligov, Farrukh
Gaybaliyev, and Aysel Ahmadli additionally secured bronze medals on the
European Championship.
The Azerbaijani girls’s kumite group additionally gained bronze within the group
competitors. The squad included Medina Sadigova, Irina Zaretska,
Gulay Orujova, and Aysu Aliyeva.
A number of members of the boys’s nationwide group got here near successful
medals however have been unable to achieve the rostrum this time.
Within the general group standings, Azerbaijani karate athletes
completed sixth in Europe. The consequence was thought to be one other
indication of the event of Azerbaijani karate on the
worldwide stage.
