Andrii Zaplitnyi, Valerii Chobotar, and Olympic runner-up Anzhelika Terliuga each won bronze at karate’s biggest event of 2023, though their victory was mired in controversy due to judging decisions and the participation of so-called “neutral” athletes.
It went from ecstasy to agony in mere moments for Ukraine’s Olympic silver medalist Anzhelika Terliuga at the World Karate Federation (WKF) World Championships, after a Bulgarian protest over a timekeeping error forced a partial replay of the semi-final fight she had already won on Oct. 25.
World Karate Federation President Antonio Espinós met with Ukrainian
Karate Federation Ivan Dutchak ahead of the 2023 European Karate
Federation (EKF) Senior Karate Championships.