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Belarusians win three golds on third day of WKF World Kickboxing Championship in Colombia

Belarusian athletes brought 23 medals to the country’s treasury on the third day of the World Cup.

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Belarusians win three golds on third day of WKF World Kickboxing Championship in Colombia

Belarusian athletes brought 23 medals to the country’s treasury on the third day of the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) World Championship, which takes place in Cartagena, Colombia, the Minsk-Novosti correspondent reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Sport.

The champions were Maxim Krasnov (K1, up to 81 kg, juniors), Anna Kachan (K1, up to 61 kg, juniors) and Artem Oleynik (kick-light, up to 57 kg). Second places in their weight categories were taken by Ivan Chernetsky (kick-light, up to 75 kg) and Vitaly Protasevich (kick-light, up to 91 kg).

Eighteen Belarusians received bronze awards. After three days of the planetary forum, representatives of Belarus won 28 medals. The tournament will end on October 24 (Minsk time on Sunday night).

Photo by Ministry of Sport

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