The World Cup was completed with complete success Karate 1 Series A Athens 2024, which was hosted for the second year in a row at the closed Ano Liosia. The stars of Greek karate shone again as they won – just like last year – four medals. This harvest brings Greece to 5the place among 81 countries represented at the event and among 23 that won at least one medal.
THE Maria Stoli of the club MFT Brotherhood won gold medal in -55kg. performing impressively in the final where she defeated Jennifer Warling (Luxembourg) 3-0.
The silver medal hung on his chest George Karalis (-60 years old) of Odysseus Petroupoli as Turkey’s Mert Halici proved an insurmountable obstacle in the final.
Yesterday (14/1) started with the “small” finals in all categories, where two Greek women won bronze medals:
THE Stelina Dzilia (-50kg) of AS Karate Lakkoma prevailed 2-1 against Senden Bugur (Germany), while the Constantina Peppa (-68 years old) defeated Ouysal Ezar (Tunisia) in a thrilling match decided on judges’ decision.
They were defeated in the “small” finals of the -75kg category. men and shared the 5the position, o Nikos Drivas MFT Brotherhood and Vangelis Seremetakis of the association AGS Periklis.
The finals were attended by the Deputy Minister of Sports, Yannis Vroutsis, who congratulated the Greek athletes for their successes, but also the people of ELOK for the perfect organization of the World Cup. In his post on Social Media, Mr. Vroutsis hailed the success of the event stating:
“With the sport of Karate, due to the occupation of my children, I had and still have special ties and love!
I am happy to watch it, to see it strengthen and now from my position, to discuss and cooperate for its domestic and international development.
And today, at the closed Olympic gym of Ano Liosion, I watched together with the president of the International Karate Federation, Antonio Espinos and the president of ELOK, Theodoros Sieti, the finals of the K1 Series A World Cup, with the participation of more than 1,000 athletes from 81 countries
Our country is a global focus of sport these days and I was very happy to see our great progress
Well done to everyone for a great event!”
Also, the Turkish ambassador to Greece was “present” at the closed meeting of Ano Liosion, Cagatay Erciyesthe president of the WKF Antonio Espinos and the chairman of the WKF Arbitration Committee, Javier Escalante and the sports director of ELOK, Kostas Papadopoulos for the first time in his new capacity, as chairman of the technical committee of the European Federation and member of the World.
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