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Kuryans brought awards from the “Cup of the Smolensk fortress” in taekwondo

Athletes from the Kursk region successfully performed at the All-Russian competitions in taekwondo WTF, which were called “Cup of the Smolensk fortress”

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Kuryans brought awards from the “Cup of the Smolensk fortress” in taekwondo

Athletes from the Kursk region successfully performed at the All-Russian competitions in taekwondo WTF, which were called the Cup of the Smolensk fortress. According to the results of the tournament in the piggy bank of the Kuryans were prize places.

Silver medal in the weight category up to 53 kg was won by Nikita Demidov. Bronze medalists were Artem Mormul (up to 63 kg) and Alexander Glushkov (over 73 kg).

In addition, representatives of the Kursk region for the first time tried their hand at the discipline of “interactive taekwondo” (VTKD).

- It also became known that four Kuryans - Milan Stykhova, Dmitry Vorobyov, Ivan Denisov and Denis Krivolapov - were awarded the first cougar (black belt), - the regional Ministry of Sport informed.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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