Top karatekas to fight it out in Poland in 2021
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
14.12.2018 08:30
Some of the planet’s best full-contact karatekas will descend on Warsaw in 2021 to compete in world championships, news agencies have reported.
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Poland will be hosting full-contact karate world championships for the first time, the PAP news agency reported, citing Remigiusz Karpiński, head of the Polish Karate Shinkyokushinkai Federation.
The country has previously hosted European championships several times, according to PAP.
Isa Kobayashi, vice-president of the World Karate Organization, told a news conference in Warsaw on Thursday that full-contact karate was popular in Poland and that Polish karatekas were among the world’s best, PAP reported.
Poland has been chosen over Brazil to host the 2021 event, according to public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.
The championships will be held at Warsaw’s Torwar arena, IAR reported.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP/IAR