The international tournament “Karate1. Premier League” took place in Tyumen, Russia, on April 13-14. 234 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

The fights were held in 14 categories. Evgeny Alyokhin (Russia, weight class under 60 kg), Mikhail Davydov (Russia, over 84 kg), Elena Ponomaryova (Russia, under 50 kg), Olga Malofeeva (Russia, under 61 kg), Alisa Buchinger (Austria, under 68 kg), Masa Martinovich (Croatia, over 68 kg) won gold medals in the Individual Kumite. Rafael Aghayev (Azerbaijan), the repeated champion of World and Europe competitions, beat Ukranian karateka Stanislav Horuna in the finals in the weight class under 75 kg. The crowd-puller Michail Georgios Tzanos won the gold medal in the weight class under 84 kg leaving behind him the Egyptian athlete Keshta Hany Shaker. Azerbaijan Rafiz Khasanov took the first place among the athletes in the weight class under 67 kg meeting in the finals with Hanafy Magdy from Egypt. Attiya Yassmin, Egypt, won over Jenny Warling, Luxemburg, in the individual kumite in the weight class under 55 kg.

Li Pui Ki took the first place in the individual kata (demonstration of karate techniques in a fight against an invisible opponent) among women. Her performance was more convincing than one of Sarah Sayed who was awarded with the silver medal.  In the same category among men gold medal was given to Mostafa Ibrahim Khalil who had to fight in the finals against his teammate Akhmed Ashraf Shawky. The latter won the gold medal in the team kata leaving behind the Turkish male team. The third place was divided between teams from Klin, Russia, and the Republic of South Africa. Egyptian team won the gold medal in the team kata among women. The silver medal went to Belarusian team. And the bronze medal was divided between Russian team from Klin and the second Belarusian team.

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