Taekwondo: Qualification Tournament in Kolodenka
From November 1 to 3, the village of Kolodenka (Rivne region) hosted the Ukraine championship and the open national tournament class A "Children of Ukraine XXV" in taekwondo (WTF).
This event served as a qualifier for the European championship, scheduled to take place in two weeks in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
A total of 140 athletes participated in the Ukraine championship, while 465 taekwondo practitioners competed for awards.
The athletes from Odesa performed exceptionally well, bringing home six medals from the championship.
The champions included Renata Podolyanka and Maria Labuzova from the "Olympic" sports school. Bronze medals were awarded to Alexander Labuzov, Olga Schwartz, Victor Semanyuk, and Yulia Gamurar from the Comprehensive Children and Youth Sports School No. 17.
Odesa's juniors and cadets also achieved impressive results at the open national tournament class A "Children of Ukraine XXV", winning a total of eight medals.
The tournament winners were Anastasia Volosenko, Zlata Volosenko, Danila Komarov, Daniil Modnov, and Matviy Lukashuk. Bronze medals went to Ivan Cherevichny, Nazar Lukashuk, and Lina Yeremenko.
The athletes were prepared by coaches Yulia Podolyanka and Victor Semanyuk.
In Odesa, 178 athletes practice taekwondo at the Comprehensive Children and Youth Sports Schools No. 17 and No. 7.
