Krasnodar kickboxers and handball players took medals at world tournaments

Krasnodar athletes successfully performed at the world championships in kickboxing and handball, which were held in Colombia and Morocco. World-class medals were won by students of city sports schools and the Handball Academy. This is reported by the press service of the city administration.

Eva Telep and Akhliman Mammadov became silver medalists of the World Kickboxing Championship. Both train at the Olympic reserve sports school No. 9 under the leadership of Alexander Ostapenko.

Eva took silver in the low-kick discipline in weight up to 54 kg, and Ahliman in the K-1 section among men in the under-86 kg category. In addition to awards, athletes have fulfilled the standard of master of sports of international class.

The kickboxing tournament was held in Cartagena, Colombia. It was attended by 1,500 athletes from 50 countries.

The bronze of the U-16 Handball World Championship in Morocco was won by Arina Knyazyukova, Madina Shevatsukova and Nadezhda Ajem. All three study at school No. 24 and study at the Krasnodar Handball Academy.

In the match for third place, the Russian youth team beat China with a score of 39:33. Especially bright was the goalkeeper Nadezhda Ajem, who reflected six shots, including three penalties in a row.

As previously wrote “MK on Kuban”, Kuban sambists took two bronzes at the tournament in Moscow.