A huge field of 523 karatekas from 70 countries piled into the Gymnasium of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for the fourth Karate1 Premier League tournament, and at the end, four World Champions ended on the top of the podium:
● Men/Kata: Ryo Kiyuna (JPN: 2018)
● Men/Kumite -50 kg: Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR: 2014)
● Men/Kumite +84 kg: Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI: 2016)
● Women/Kata: Sandra Sanchez (ESP: 2018)
Kazakhstan and Turkey both won two classes, with Darkhan Assadilov (Kumite -60 kg) and Sofya Berultseva (Kumite +68 kg) for Kazakhstan; Ozcelik Arapoglu and 2017 European Kumite -84 kg Champion Ugur Aktas (TUR). Summaries:
Karate1 Premier League
Shanghai (CHN) ~ 7-9 June 2019
(Full results here)
Men
Kata: 1. Ryo Kiyuna (JPN); 2. Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila (ESP); 3. Kazumasa Moto (JPN) and Issei Shimbaba (JPN).
Team Kata: 1. Kuwait; 2. Hong Kong; 3. Malaysia and China.
Kumite -60 kg: 1. Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ); 2. Kaisar Alpysbair (KAZ); 3. Firdovsi Farzaliyev (IRI).
Kumite -67 kg: 1. Andres Madera Delgado (VEN); 2. Seyedali Karimi (IRI); 3. Ali Elsawy (EGY) and Yves Martial Tadissi (HUN).
Kumite -75 kg: 1. Dastonbek Otabolaev (UZB); 2. Bahman Asgari (IRI); 3. Yusei Sakiyama (JPN) and Erman Eltemur (TUR).
Kumite -84 kg: 1. Ugur Aktas (TUR); 2. Ivan Kvesic (CRO); 3. Panah Abdullayev (AZE) and Mahdi Khodabakhshi (IRI).
Kumite +84 kg: 1. Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI); 2. Saleh Abazari (IRI); 3. Gogita Arkania (GEO) and Mehdi Filali (FRA).
Women
Kata: 1. Sandra Sanchez (ESP); 2. Kiyou Shimizu (JPN); 3. Hikaru Ono (JPN) and Mo Sheung Grace Lau (HKG).
Team Kata: 1. Japan; 2. China; 3. Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Kumite -50 kg: 1. Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR); 2. Alexandra Recchia (FRA); 3. Radwa Sayed (EGY) and Ahmed Salama Reem (EGY).
Kumite -55 kg: 1. Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR); 2. Jiamei Ding (CHN); 3. Sabrina Ouihaddadene (FRA) and Travat Khaksar (IRI).
Kumite -61 kg: 1. Xiaoyan Yin (CHN); 2. Jovana Prekovic (SRB); 3. Leila Heutault (FRA) and Ayami Moriguchi (FRA).
Kumite -68 kg: 1. Alizee Agier (FRA); 2. Li Gong (CHN); 3. Elena Quirici (SUI) and Vasiliki Panetsidou (GRE).
Kumite +68 kg: 1. Sofya Berultseva (KAZ); 2. Mengmeng Gao (CHN); 3. Ayumi Uekusa (JPN) and Hamideh Abbasali (IRI).
