IFK European Championships - 2007 May 17th

[Lucy]

Osu,

Does anyone know the results for this event that took place in Samara, Russia on the 19th May ( last weekend)

[alan]

I have been looking for this as well. I do not know what has happened to http://www.kyokushinresults.freeserve.co.uk/ they used to be up to date...

[ibuki]

Man - 70 kg
1. Artem Uzunian (Sankt Peterburg)
2. Emil Bitkash (KBR, Nalchik)
3. Viacheslav Lukianov (Ekaterinburg)

Man - 80 kg
1. Arsen Hachatrian (Kemerovo)
2. Vladimir Tuinov (Ekaterinburg)
3. Alexei Gorohov (Nizhnii Novgorod)

Mah + 80 kg
1. Dmitrii Saveliev (Sankt-Peterburg)
2. Timofei Cuiganov (Samara)
3. Sergei Mihalin (Moscow)

Women - 60 kg
1. Maria Lepina (Moscow)
2. Irina Zvonareva (Cheliabinsk)
3. Natalia Koshlina (Astrahan)

Women + 60 kg
1. Olga Sarokina (Kemerovo)
2. Maria Afanasieva (Luhovica)
3. Irina Denisova (Samara)

[Lucy]

Osu Ibuki,

Thankyou for the results! I see the Russians dominated the tournament then

Osu Alan,

Hey i was thinking the same thing too! Shame

[Lucy]

Looking again at the recent Russian Championships, the winners of each catergory (with exception of the female heavyweight) are all now European Champions...wow im impressed! Welldone to these guys!

[alan]

Hm, but it makes me wonder... where are all the British fighters? I cannot believe they didn't get a single medal...

[Lucy]

Osu Alan,

9 fighters went over to compete there i dont know how they did i shall find out at the next squad. Im suprised they didnt show up anywhere in the medals?! Some of them looked really promising. 2 of the male fighters are the World Cup (IKO 3) Champions from last years event in Australia!!

[ksan]

Originally Posted by Lucy

Osu Alan,

9 fighters went over to compete there i dont know how they did i shall find out at the next squad. Im suprised they didnt show up anywhere in the medals?! Some of them looked really promising. 2 of the male fighters are the World Cup (IKO 3) Champions from last years event in Australia!!

Osu Lucy,

I was wondering the same thing about the BKK squad... keep us posted when you know more.... (is Shihan Pickthal still knockdown coach/trainer?)


Osu

Ksan

[Lucy]

Osu Ksan,

Yes Shihan David Pickthall is still coach. I shall investigate and find out how the tournament went for the BKK team this weekend.

[Bloke]

I was told that one of the BKK Ladies took joint 3rd but I dont know who. Also someone from the BKK won the tameshiwari trophy.

[alan]

Originally Posted by Lucy

Osu Alan,

9 fighters went over to compete there i dont know how they did i shall find out at the next squad. Im suprised they didnt show up anywhere in the medals?! Some of them looked really promising. 2 of the male fighters are the World Cup (IKO 3) Champions from last years event in Australia!!

Exactly! I expected Chris Odunakan to be in the top 3.

[Lucy]

Originally Posted by ibuki

Man - 70 kg
1. Artem Uzunian (Sankt Peterburg)
2. Emil Bitkash (KBR, Nalchik)
3. Viacheslav Lukianov (Ekaterinburg)

Man - 80 kg
1. Arsen Hachatrian (Kemerovo)
2. Vladimir Tuinov (Ekaterinburg)
3. Alexei Gorohov (Nizhnii Novgorod)

Mah + 80 kg
1. Dmitrii Saveliev (Sankt-Peterburg)
2. Timofei Cuiganov (Samara)
3. Sergei Mihalin (Moscow)

Women - 60 kg
1. Maria Lepina (Moscow)
2. Irina Zvonareva (Cheliabinsk)
3. Natalia Koshlina (Astrahan)

Women + 60 kg
1. Olga Sarokina (Kemerovo)
2. Maria Afanasieva (Luhovica)
3. Irina Denisova (Samara)

Ok few more results, the 3rd places were joint:

Male LW
3RD Emil Jafarov (Russia, Kekusinkan)

Male MW
3RD Suleiman Kosumov (Russia, Kekusinkan)

Male HW
3RD Dmitry Alexandrov (Ukraine)

Female LW
3RD Svetlana Berezova (Russia, Kemerovo A. Aschepkov)

Female HW
3RD Kelly Balmer (Great Britain)

Tameshiwari was won by Wai Chung from Great Britain.

Well there's 2 trophies for others in the kumite besides Russia lol! But of course being the host nation they were allowed upto 20 competitors, 18 in the top positions...thats damn near unbeatable.