Five champions and 17 awards: Ulyanovsk karate players distinguished themselves at the championship of Russia

Athletes of the Ulyanovsk club of professional karate "Profi" returned from the championship of Russia in kyokusinkai with 17 awards. In the treasury of the team were five gold, five silver and seven bronze medals. Almost 600 participants from different regions of the country competed for prizes.

Competitions were held from 9 to 12 October in Krasnodar. The XXII Russian Kyokushin Championship brought together 583 athletes from 27 regions. Representatives of the Ulyanovsk region managed to distinguish themselves in several age and weight categories at once.

The winners of the tournament were five students of the club “Profi”. Gold medals were won by Tatiana Bulanova in the category of 16-17 years up to 60 kg, Snezhan Novoselov among athletes 14-15 years over 65 kg and Valery Blagova in the age group of 10-11 years up to 45 kg. The first places were also taken by Olga Terekhina among girls aged 12-13 over 55 kg and Bogdan Nikishkin in the same age group up to 55 kg.

Five more Ulyanovsk karates stopped a step from victory. Silver medalists were Vasilisa Varfolomeeva, Sofia Gavrilova, Artem Polyansky, Elizaveta Dolbieva and Alina Biryukova.

The team received the most awards for third place. The bronze medals were won by Vasilisa Salmanov, Daria Kuptsova, Victoria Stepanova, Daria Goncharenko, Ekaterina Byzova, Maria Zharkova and Bogdan Shvydko.

The athletes were trained by coaches Kirill Pichugin, Pavel Semenov, Ivan Egin, Ilnaz Shagiakhmetov, Mars Salikhov, Evgeny Doronkin, Igor Bulanov and Vasily Salmanov.

Thus, representatives of the Ulyanovsk region completed one of the largest all-Russian Kyokushin tournaments with 17 prizes. The result was the result of performances of athletes of different age groups - from 10 to 17 years.