In the Karate Federation announced the non-admission to the World Cup in Poland and the expulsion of Russians

Russian athletes, who were planning to take part in the youth world championship in karate in Poland last week, were expelled from the country. This TASS told in the Federation of karate of Russia.

Last week the World Youth Championship was held. 21 karatists from us flew who was in the application. None of them were allowed to register and participate, and then they were expelled, the source said.

According to him, Poland denied the athletes visas, and they entered on visas of other countries. “They were expelled because they entered on untargeted visas. We knew it would happen. Therefore, no one went there from the federation, the source said.

The tournament was held in the city of Bielsko-Biala from 14 to 18 October. The Russian Karate Federation reported last week that none of the Russian athletes were registered by the Polish side as a participant in the competition. The federation said it did not recommend anyone to participate in the tournament, but could not prevent the desire of the athletes themselves to perform at this major international start.

Russian athletes are now admitted to tournaments under the auspices of the World Karate Federation (WKF) in neutral status.