2008 WUC Karate: Day 2
July 13th, 2008
On July 12th in Wroclaw, the 2nd day of the 6th World University Karate Championship took place. The 425 participants from 39 countries are participating to this championship which success is being confirmed at each edition. The participants to this event are very glad that for the first time karate will be part of the programme of the Universiade next year in Belgrade. We may notice on this second day that there is not a clear leadership from any nation although Japan won 2 gold medals. The 28 medals were won by athletes from 16 countries from the 4 continents represented at this championship.
Kata Women
1 Rimi Kajikawa JPN 2 Barbora Bosnyakova SVK 3 Silvia Cardenas MEX 3 Ruth Jimenez Fernandez ESP 5 Veronika Istvankova CZE 5 Tamara Ribarska MKD 7 Milena Milacic MNE 7 Mina Yamazaki USA
Kata Men
1 Itaru Oki JPN 2 Damian Quintero Capoeuila ESP 3 Vu Duc Minh Dack FRA 3 Guilermo Dominguez Dominguez MEX 5 Tzu - Yao Yen TPE 5 Arslan Caliskan TUR 7 Bor Dereani SLO 7 Madi Kateshov KAZ
Kumite Women -53 kg
1 Natsuki Fujiwara JPN 2 Serap Ozcelik TUR 3 Iva Peternel SLO 3 Jelena Kovacevic CRO 5 Hong Li CHN 5 Natasa Ilievska MKD 7 Sonja Anderl AUT 7 Natalia Garcia Suarez ESP
Kumite Women -53 kg
1 Natsuki Fujiwara JPN 2 Serap Ozcelik TUR 3 Iva Peternel SLO 3 Jelena Kovacevic CRO 5 Hong Li CHN 5 Natasa Ilievska MKD 7 Sonja Anderl AUT 7 Natalia Garcia Suarez ESP
Kumite Men -60 kg
1 Darkhan Assadilov KAZ 2 Sofiane Ainine FRA 3 Beslan Gubirov RUS 3 Eyup Guler TUR 5 Junya Takeda JPN 5 Alvaro Jimenez Carmona ESP 7 Igor Krstin SRB 7 Ross Mathieu GBR
Kumite Women Open
1 Petra Pecekova CZE 2 Lucia Povalacova SVK 3 Tiffany Fan Jat FRA 3 Kylie Rochford NZL 5 Lanlan Feng CHN 5 Zhanna Melnik UKR 7 Gulnaza Musayeva AZE 7 Vera Kovaleva RUS
Kumite Men Open
1 Dejan Umicevic SRB 2 Badriddin Umedov TJK 3 Almir Cecunjanin MNE 3 Radovan Simic SUI 5 Askanaz Megrabyan RUS 5 Cesar Duarte CRC 7 Philippe Poirier CAN 7 Bart³omiej Pielesiek POL
