Ukrainian karate fighters won “silver” and “bronze” at competitions in Turkey

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On March 12-14, the stage of the premier league Karate 1 took place in Istanbul. The athletes of the Ukrainian national team received two medals – “silver” by Rizvan Talibov and “bronze” by Angelica Terlyuha.

It is reported by UATV with reference to the Ukrainian Karate Federation.

Rizvan Talibov defeated rivals from Montenegro (5: 3), Croatia (6: 0), Azerbaijan (6: 5) and Kosovo (6: 3) on the way to the final. In the final, the athlete was able to stop the Iranian Sajad Ganjzade – 0: 7.

Angelica Terliuha defeated rivals from India (8: 0) and Switzerland (4: 1). Then the Ukrainian defeated the Italian Sarah Cardin (2: 0), and in the semifinals – lost 5: 5 to Valentina Toro Menezes (Chile) – because of the first point scored. In the “bronze” final, the Ukrainian defeated the athlete from Bulgaria Ivet Goranova – 0: 0 

Kateryna Kryva and Anita Seryogina took the 5th places.

Earlier, Ukrainians Yaroslava Maguchykh and Iryna Herashchenko won “gold” and “silver” at the European Indoor Athletics Championships.