{"id":19566,"date":"2014-04-28T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T02:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kyokushinkaikan-demo-org.check-xserver.jp\/en\/2014\/04\/28\/2014\/"},"modified":"2014-04-28T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T02:04:45","slug":"2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-test.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/news\/19566\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Women’s World Karate Championships Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winners of this year’s Championships. (from left) Light Weight\uff0f<\/span>Elena Gulko\u3001
<\/span>Middle Weight\uff0f<\/span>Anastasia Khripunova<\/span>\u3001Heavy Weight\uff0f<\/span>Uliana Grebenshchikova<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


The 2014 Women’s World
\nKarate Championships was held in Japan at the Tokyo Gymnasium on April 20th as
\npart of the 2014 International Karate Friendship.<\/span>
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\nIn the light weight, Elena Gulko (Russia) defeated the last year’s champion Natsuki Ota (Japan) by 5-0 unanimous decision in the 1st OT (overtime). .<\/span>
\n5 times and 2011 Women’s Open tournament champion Anastasia Khripunova (RUSSIA) and Chihiro Tanaka(JAPAN) were the finalist in the middle weight.<\/span>
\nKhripunova who finished 3rd in last year’s tournament came back strong with a convincing 5-0 decision in the main round to claim her 6th title. Last year’s All Japan Open Tournament champion Tomomi Yokoyama (JAPAN) lost in the quarter final to 4th place Dilshoda Umarova(RUSSIA).
\n<\/span>In the Heavy Weight Uliana Grebenshchikova (RUSSIA) who became champion in last year’s tournament for the first time at age 18 beat Anna Egorova (RUSSIA) with two Waza-ari (combined Ippon) to win back to back titles.
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\nAs a result Russian fighters were champions in all 3 categories in this year’s tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25bcLight Weight Final
\u25cbElena Gulko(Russia\uff0f170cm\uff0f54kg\uff0fage 24)
Decision – 1st Over Time<\/span>
Main Round 1\uff0d0
1st OT 5\uff0d0
\u00d7Natsuki Ota (JAPAN\uff0f160cm\uff0f54kg\uff0fage 23)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u25bcMiddle Weight Final
\u25cbAnastasia Khripunova (RUSSIA\uff0f168\u339d\uff0f64kg\uff0fage 27)
Decision – Main Round<\/span>
Main Round 5\uff0d0
\u00d7Chihiro Tanaka (JAPAN\uff0f160\u339d\uff0f60kg\uff0fage 23)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u25bcHeavy Weight Final
\u25cbUliana Grebenshchikova (RUSSIA\uff0f175\u339d\uff0f67kg\uff0fage 19)
Combined Ippon – Main Round<\/span>
Waza-ari x2 (Shita-zuki)
\u00d7Anna Egorova (RUSSIA\uff0f164\u339d\uff0f76kg\uff0fage 26)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2014 Women’s World Karate Championships Results<\/strong><\/span>
\u25a0Light Weight(\uff0d55kg)<\/b>
1st Place\uff0fElena Gulko (RUSSIA)
2nd Place\uff0fNatsuki Ota (JAPAN)
3rd Place\uff0fYukina Oda (JAPAN)
4th Place\uff0fDuaa Husain (KUWAIT)
\u25a0Middle Weight(\uff0d65kg)<\/b>
1st Place\uff0fAnastasia Khripunova (RUSSIA)
2nd Place\uff0fChihiro Tanaka (JAPAN)
3rd Place\uff0fYuma Tazaki (JAPAN)
4th Place\uff0fDilshoda Umarova (RUSSIA)
\u25a0Heavy Weight(\uff0b65kg)<\/b>
1st Place\uff0fUliana Grebenshchikova (RUSSIA)
2nd Place\uff0fAnna Egorova (RUSSIA)
3rd Place\uff0fHitomi endo (JAPAN)<\/p>\n


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