Kazakhstani karateka wins championship in Belarus

URALSK. KAZINFORM - Darkhan Tiraliyev from western Kazakhstan has won the WKF International Karate-Do Championship in Minsk, Belarus.

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The championship brought together athletes from 20 countries. Kazakhstan was represented by two karatekas Darkhan Tiraliyev and Bekarys Yelemesov at the event. Tiraliyev won all five bouts in his -52kg category and was crowned as the winner of the championship. Yelemesov clinched bronze in -42kg category. Both athletes are planning to participate in the upcoming karate tournament that will be held in Temirtau, Kazakhstan and Dubai Karate Open.