Members of the Bishkek city national team took part in the WKF "KARATE 1-Youth League Fujairah" ranking international karate tournament held from February 23 to 26, 2023 in Fujairah (UAE).
More than 1,000 athletes from 66 countries took part in the tournament.
In the +55kg weight category among U-14 boys, Ilya Kobelev, a member of the Bishkek national team (a pupil of the Oktyabrsky district Sports School, personal trainer B. Duisheev), won the silver medal. In the first fight, he defeated an athlete from Qatar with a score of 6-0, then defeated a representative of the hosts of the UAE tournament with the same score 6-0, in having won the third meeting, the athlete from Croatia with a score of 7-2 reached the final, where he lost to the Egyptian with a score of 2-0.
Matvey Yavget (a pupil of the Oktyabrsky district Sports School, personal trainer Kazanov D.) took the bronze among U-14 -55kg boys. He defeated a Kazakhstani with a score of 1-1 in the first fight, mainly by the first earned point, in the second meeting he won with a score of 1-0, in the third fight he won against an American with a score of 2-0, in the semifinals he lost the opponent from Luxembourg with a score of 6-0, and in the next fight for the bronze medal defeated the Pole with a score of 2-1.
It should also be noted that a member of the Bishkek city national team, Bayzhigitova Datkaim (a pupil of the Oktyabrsky district Sports School, a bronze medalist of the Asian Cadet Championship in 2022, who reached the semifinals and lost in the bronze medal match, thereby taking 5th place in the final protocol of her category.