Lviv Athletes Won 12 Medals at the Ukrainian Kickboxing WAKO Championship
From March 20 to 23, the Ukrainian Kickboxing WAKO Championship for juniors, boys, and children took place in Brovary. The competition gathered 1365 athletes from all over the country.
Successes of Lviv Athletes
The team from the Lviv region consisted of 18 athletes, who are trainees of the ‘Golden Lion’ sports club (Lviv), ‘Bro for Bro’ (Stryi), and the Anton Bilyi Youth Sports School.
As a result of the competition, the region’s kickboxers won 12 awards, including two gold, five silver, and five bronze:
- 1st place – Marko Ocherklevych🥇;
- 1st place – Sodiqova Sofiia-Robiyakhon🥇;
- 2nd place – Oleksandr Boltyshev🥈
- 2nd place – Yaroslav Shchudlo🥈
- 2nd place – Maksym Arbuzov🥈
- 2nd place – Radomyr Fedko🥈
- 2nd place – Stanislav Butym🥈
- 3rd place – Andrii Mochurad🥉
- 3rd place – Olena Kuriy🥉
- 3rd place – Vasyl Royuk🥉
- 3rd place – Milana Oliynyk (two medals) 🥉 🥉
National Record
Also, within the framework of the Ukrainian Championship, a national record was set – the largest kickboxers’ warm-up. For the first time in the country, such a large number of children from all over the country gathered to jointly participate in a sports record in the ‘Sport’ category: The largest performance of kickboxing exercises in one location by children led by the honored sports master of Ukraine Olesia Bulgakova. 1045 children simultaneously performed 10 minutes of kickboxing warm-up exercises under the coach’s guidance – and it became an officially recorded achievement.
18 athletes from the Lviv region took part in this record.
“Setting national records and other interesting initiatives in competitions are the key to emotions and impressions for participants. For children and youth, this is especially important, as it not only increases interest in competitions and encourages engagement in the sport but also fosters a spirit of unity, as all participants are involved in a single cause,” said Roman Khimyak, director of the Department of Sports, Youth and Tourism of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.