Bulgaria hosted another prestigious championship in martial arts. The 3rd European Kyokushin Karate Championship among men and women in weight categories under the auspices of the Kyokushin World Union (KWU) was held in Varna.
Russia finished first with 9 gold medals from 13 categories, dominating the finals, where Bulgaria had 5 representatives.
European champions had also the nations of Poland (x2), Sweden, and Great Britain.
Before the European championship started, everyone honored the memory of Bulgaria’s Kyokushin pioneer Shihan Konstantin Bozhilov, who recently passed away.
Everything about the championship and the presentation of the Bulgarian team, we showed you in the tv show “BOEC.BG” with the operators Nesho Miladinov and Alexander Ivanov.
