Karate athletes from Mykolaiv region win 11 gold medals at Odesa Region Cup

Karate athletes from Mykolaiv Oblast won medals at the Odesa Oblast Open Kyokushin Karate Cup, held on October 17 in Odesa. The region’s teams finished 3rd and 4th in the overall standings.

About 200 athletes from 10 clubs and federations competed for medals. 18 participants represented Mykolaiv Oblast, including athletes from:

• Mykolaiv Regional Municipal Comprehensive Youth Sports School No. 1;
• Pervomaisk Kyokushin Karate Federation;
• Sakura Dojo club from Ochakiv;
• Chornomorsk Rural Territorial Community.

The team was led by Yurii Halimon and Volodymyr Hurov.

The tournament’s gold medalists were:

• Maryna Smyk;
• Illia Valianskyi;
• Sviatoslav Baiger;
• Kyrylo Volk;
• Roman Humeniuk;
• Yaroslav Valianskyi;
• Artem Shapovaliuk;
• Mykhailo Nesterov;
• Nadiia Elnazarova;
• Yana Zhurova;
• Svitlana Maksymenko.

Silver medalists:

• Denys Martynenko;
• Tahir Elnazarov;
• Yehor Hrechko.

Bronze medals were won by:

• Anastasiia Halenko;
• Pavlo Sokoliuk;
• Ivan Zhuravlov.

The organizers thanked the parents for helping arrange the trip and for supporting the teams. They also extended special thanks to Ukrainian service members, whose efforts make it possible for athletes to train and compete.

We previously reported:

• Mykolaiv athletes win gold at two Kyokushin karate tournaments
• Mykolaiv hosts the strongest karate athletes at the Kyokushin Budo Karate Championship
• 500 fighters on one tatami: Mykolaiv athletes win 38 medals in fierce competition
• “Young Samurai” in action: how young karate athletes racked up medals in Mykolaiv
• Karate athletes from Mykolaiv win medals at the Ukrainian Cup and an all-Ukrainian tournament