From February 12 to 13 in Grodno, the competitions of the Republican Universiade in karate among men and women were held, in which 16 teams from higher education institutions took part.
It should be noted that the level of competition was quite high, members of the national team of the Republic of Belarus, champions and prize-winners of the world and Europe in karate, such as masters of sports of international class Oleg Melekhin (Moscow State University named after Kuleshov), Ivan Korobov ( Kuleshov Moscow State University), Daria Trebko and others.
Karate competitions are traditionally held among men and women in two sections: kata (when athletes demonstrate their technical skills) and kumite (a duel between two athletes). These sections are held in different ways.
In kata, athletes (men and women) are divided into two subgroups by lot and 2 athletes are eliminated in each round until the finalists are determined. Also in this section there are individual and team performances (consisting of three people).
In kumite, men and women have five weight categories. Women have the following weight categories: up to 50 kg, 55 kg, 61 kg, 68 kg, and over 68 kg; in men: up to 60 kg, 67 kg, 75 kg, 84 kg, and over 84 kg.
In the team standings among men:
• first place - BSUPC;
• second place - BSU;
• third place - BNTU.
Team standings among women:
• first place - BSU;
• second place - BSPU;
• third place - BSUPC.
Despite the prize-winning place of Anastasia Mogilnitskaya, among women we took only seventh place.
The BNTU team was represented by:
1. Volkorezov Nikita (10403121)
2. Galuza Alexey (10504119)
3. Gonchar Kirill h (10505120)
4. Pull Gleb (10104119)
5. Kopach Oleg (10609119)
6. Lazovsky Artem (11403120)
7. Mogilnitskaya Anastasia (10601219)
8. Noreiko Kirill (10602121)
9. Strukov Andrey (10301220)
10. Tarasenkov Evgeny (11004318)
11. Khramkova Alina (11307120)
12. Shcherbakova Victoria (10806118)
In the medal standings for our team, the greatest number of medals were brought by athletes performing in the kumite section, but despite this, after the first day, our team lost third place to Moscow State University. Kuleshov (2 points), and due to the successful performance of our guys in the individual and team sections of kata, our university came out with a large margin to the third place in the team standings of gray men's teams.
The winners of the competition were:
Kirill Noreiko (EF), Oleg Kopach (EF), Kirill Gonchar (FMMP), team kata - 2nd place
Kirill Noreiko (EF), kata - 3rd place
Gonchar Kirill (FMMP) kata - 5th place.
Gleb Dergay (ATF), kumite (weight category + 84 kg) - 2nd place
Andrey Strukov (MSF), kumite (weight category -84 kg) - 3rd place
Artem Lazovsky (FTK), kumite (weight category -60 kg) - 3rd place
Anastasia Mogilnitskaya (EF), kumite (weight category -61 kg) - 3rd place
The team coach is Pavel Sergeevich Kirievich, Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus, World Champion and European Champion in goju-ryu karate, participant of the European University Games.
Congratulations to our students on a successful performance, we wish them further success in their studies.
and sports!
