Turkmen karate fighters win two bronzes at Asian Championship

Turkmen juniors won two bronze medals in a tense struggle at the ongoing Asian Karate Championship in Tashkent. WKF championship is held among adult athletes, cadets, juniors and karate up to 21 years old.

Turkmen athletes climbed onto the third step of the podium twice. Magtymguly Annayev, a 16-year-old karate athlete from Turkmenistan, won an honorable third place in the 60 kilogram weight category. Hemra Begjanov, 17, brought the bronze medal to the national team in the 75 kilogram weight category.

Asian Karate Championship will end on December 20. More than seven hundred athletes from 28 countries of the Asian region are taking part in it. Turkmenistan is represented by 24 karate fighters.

Source: orient.tm