Young Kalmyk karatekas won 7 highest awards at a prestigious tournament in Kazan
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Five gold medals at once and one silver and one bronze each were won by Kalmyk athletes at the international and all-Russian competitions in karate “Ak Bars Cup”, held from April 6 to 10 in Kazan. The tournament was attended by 2254 athletes from 49 regions of Russia and 8 foreign countries.
Kalmykia took the second team place in kumite (fights) and the fourth team place in the medal standings.
The list of “gold” winners includes Altana Basangova, Alexander Salynov, Andrey Shirepov, Namsr Badmaev and Suvsana Buldurunova.
Second place went to Alexander Bambyshev. The third step of the podium was taken by Saglara Ochirova.
All of them are pupils of the Republican sports school of the Olympic reserve.
“All the guys performed very worthily. Even those who ended up without medals showed their best side. I’m proud of my team!”, – said Ochir Mandzhiev, karate coach of the RKSSHOR.
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