Karate WKF World Championships 2018

[phelps 7,678]

sadly, I have to leave now...

I'll be back later (I don't know when, unfortunately) with a recap of this morning's action...

[thepharoah 2,405]

btw , 3rd medal in a row for  Giana Farouk in -61 , now she has 2 Gold medals and 1 bronze 

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surprising (but deserving) medal for Bulgaria beating Japan in bronze medal match.

 

14 bronze medals for 12 different countries, only Egypt and Turkey won 2.

 

now we will have the finals

[MHSN 3,624]

Only silver for Ganjzadeh he had the lead 2-0 and was in control until a 3pts ippon for Horne which was too strong and almost knockout out Ganjzadeh. he was just a shadow of himself for the rest of the match. he was still dizzy.

 

I'm no expert in this but based on what I know about Karate I don't think you are allowed to kick with maximum strength in Karate, you have to keep things under control. I think they should not really gave that 3pts to Horne but that's it and even coaches can't challenge decisions like that for video review. this was only up to the center referee to decide.

 

so Askari is our only chance for an individual gold and unlike Ganjzadeh he is not going to be the favorite for the final against Busa.

[dareza 911]

What a match for Prekovic. She just destoyed Chinese girl in final. Nice comeback for her after injury :)

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Askari that was very close

 

for years he could not make the national team , this year he made it and won both the Asian Games and the World Championships.

[phelps 7,678]

Morning Session Recap

 

 

Men's Individual Kumite, +84kg

Gold Medal Match: Jonathan Horne b. Sajad Ganjzadeh  5-2

Bronze Medal Match #1: Babacar Seck Sakho b. Filipe Reis  7-1

Bronze Medal Match #2: Alparslan Yamanoglu b. Alexander Pshenitsyn  2-0

 

 

Women's Individual Kumite, +68kg

Gold Medal Match: Eleni Chatziliadou b. Ayumi Uekusa  3-0

Bronze Medal Match #1: Shymaa Abouel Yazed b. Ramona Bruederlin  7-3

Bronze Medal Match #2: Hana Antunovic b. Anne Laure Florentin  2-0

 

 

Men's Individual Kumite, -84kg

Gold Medal Match:  Ivan Kvesic b. Valerii Chobotar  by Withdraw (UKR injured himself yesterday in the Team Event)

Bronze Medal Match #1: Zabiollah Poorshab b. Daniyar Yuldashev  3-0

Bronze Medal Match #2: Ugur Aktas b. Anton Isakau  3-0

 

 

Women's Individual Kumite, -68kg

Gold Medal Match: Irina Zaretska b. Victoria Isaeva  1*-1 (*Winner by Senshu -1st point scored)

Bronze Medal Match #1: Lamya Matoub b. Maryia Aliakseyeva  2-1

Bronze Medal Match #2: Miroslava Kopunova b. Halyna Melnyk  0*-0 (*Winner by Hantei -Judges decision)

 

 

Women's Individual Kumite, -61kg

Gold Medal Match: Jovana Prekovic b. Yin Xiaoyan  8-5

Bronze Medal Match #1: Btissam Sadini b. Laura Pasqua  1-0

Bronze Medal Match #2:  Giana Lofty b. Merve Coban  1*-1 (*Winner by Hantei -Judges decision)

 

 

Women's Individual Kumite, -55kg

Gold Medal Match: Dorota Banaszczyk b. Jana Bitsch  2-0

Bronze Medal Match #1: Wen Tzu-Yun b. Valeriia Alekhina  4*-4 (*Winner by Senshu -1st point scored)

Bronze Medal Match #2: Ivet Goranova b. Sara Yamada  1*-1 (*Winner by Hantei -Judges decision)

 

 

Men's Individual Kumite, -75kg

Gold Medal Match: Bahman Asgari b. Luigi Busà  1-0

Bronze Medal Match #1: Ken Nishimura b. Beslan Mizov  11-1

Bronze Medal Match #2: Rafael Aghayev b. Dastonbek Otabolaev  2-1

 

 

 

Edited November 11, 2018 by phelps

[bestmen 2,818]

Brooooonze Lamiya

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Bronze for Sara Bahmanyar, quite unexpected   I didn't even know her before this competition, at least our women's team won't leave the competition without a medal.

[rybak 3,218]

That's so awesome that Dorota have gold medal here, I hope we will see her in Tokyo