The Councilman of Sports of the City council of Lorca, Juan Miguel Bayonas, has presented this morning the 3rd European Championship of Karate of World Kyokushin Budokai (WKB), which will be held at the Sports Complex Felipe VI this Saturday, March 23.
The Councilor for Sports has detailed that "the championship will start at 10 in the morning and will be held throughout Saturday, being scheduled to end at around 8 pm In the afternoon, starting at 4 pm, the star categories will begin , where a total of 385 fighters from 25 different countries will participate, in addition to the Canadian women's team, as a special guest. "
Bayonas has invited "all the participants in this championship, many of whom will come to Lorca accompanied by their families, to enjoy our city and to know all the tourist offer."
They will be in Lorca, in this European Championship, the International Committee of WKB.
Shihan Dariusz Burda from Poland, Shihan Sergei Vsevolodov from Ukraine and Shihan Daniel Sanchez from Spain, all of them led by the Lorca and current president of the World Kyokushin Budokai, Kancho Pedro Roiz.
We can also enjoy several European and world champions, such as the Ukrainian, Mykyta Peshenko, last European champion in the medium weight category and Borys Bulyskeriia European heavyweight champion 2017.
In addition to some Spanish champions, such as the current European heavyweight champion, Juan Crujeiras, the champion in the super lightweight category, Eneko Delgado, and the lightweight champion, Cristian Gavara.
In the Felipe VI Sports Complex there will also be promises from the national team that will debut this year in the senior categories such as Adrián Rojo, bronze in the last European Championship, and Alejandro Elvira.
And other youngsters like Guillem Matas, winner in the U21 middleweight category, Pol Salguero, and Jonas Rosin, current KWU middleweight world champion.
Finally, we will have among the ranks veterans of the stature of Agustín Alcázar, triple world champion and European champion on numerous occasions, Juan Carlos Auge, undoubtedly one of the best and toughest fighters in the world of medium weight, and Agnieszka Winek from Poland, being one of the most experienced and award-winning competitors in Europe, in Katas and Kumite.
There will be categories from 8-9 years to the senior category +40 years.
In the smaller categories we can see how the great promises that will one day be competing in the star categories are forming, such as the young promise, Maksim Sapyanyi, three-time European champion in the 10-11 year category in katas and kumite.
Tickets to enjoy this championship are priced at 10 euros and can be purchased at http://www.worldkyokushinbudokai.com/european-championship-t-shirts-and-tickets/
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca