The tournament, held in St. Petersburg is considered one of the most prestigious. This year it was attended by the founders of Eastern martial arts: Koreans, Japanese and Chinese. The competition they tried to make the Europeans.

Moldova squad, composed of the Association of Okinawan Karate Goju-ryu, this year the first time participated in the Olympic martial arts. Luckily turned out to Debut: 15 men have won 2 gold, 4 silver and as many bronze medals. And in the discipline of "free fight" our team has established a record - Moldovan athletes spent 8 KOs out of 10 recorded at this Olympics.

- We had to fight not only with athletes, but also with the judges. That is, the judging was a little bit in one direction, so you had to clearly win, to win something, "said association president Okinawan Goju-Ryu karate-RM Victor Panasyuk.

Program Olympics "East-West" includes 27 types of competitions. On the mat in St. Pereburge launched more than 6 thousand karatekas from 30 countries worldwide.

Alexander Botnari, Vyacheslav Kotin

Source material "Today in Moldova"

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