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2012 Women's World Karate Championships Report

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Elena Vorobyeva(light weight), Anastasia Khripunova(middle weight), Agnieszka Sypien (heavy weight)

The 2012 Women's World Karate Championships was held at the Tokyo Gymnasium on April 14th &15th. In the KUMITE Category Elena Vorobyeva(Russia) won the light weight for the third time. In the middle weight last years Women's World Open Karate Champion Anastasia Khripunova(Russia) won for the fifth time. Agnieszka Sypien(Poland) won the Heavy weight which was her third. In the KATA category which was held on April 14th, Miruyo Ito(USA) won for the fourth time.

KUMITE
2012 Women's World Karate Championships -55kg

▼Light Weight Final
○Elena Vorobyeva (RUSSIA)
Decision
Main Round 4-0
●Natsuki Ota (JAPAN)

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Light Weight Final・Vorobyeva vs Ota

■Light Weight Result
1st/Elena Vorobyeva(RUSSIA)
2nd/Natsuki Ota(JAPAN)
3rd/Satomi Shimada(JAPAN)
4th/Ayano Nakamura(JAPAN)

KUMITE
2012 Women's World Karate Championships -65kg

▼Middle Weight Final
○Anastasia Khripunova(RUSSIA)
Decision
Main Round 5-0
●Tasaki Yuma(JAPAN)

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Middle Weight Final・Khripunova vs Tasaki

■Middle Weight Result
1st/Anastasia Khripunova(RUSSIA)
2nd/Yuma Tasaki(JAPAN)
3rd/Evgeniya Timergalieva(RUSSIA)
4th/Iaroslavna Moreva(RUSSIA)

KUMITE
2012 Women's World Karate Championships +65kg

▼Heavy Weight Final
○Agnieszka Sypien (POLAND)
Decision
Main Round 5-0
●Valeriia Doroshenko (RUSSIA)

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Heavy Weight Final・Sypien vs Doroshenko

■Heavy Weight Result
1st/Agnieszka Sypien(POLAND)
2nd/Valeriia Doroshenko(RUSSIA)
3rd/Anna kaczynska(POLAND)

KATA
2012 Women's World Karate Championships [KATA Women's +18yr]

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1st place Miruyo Ito

■KATA Result
1st/Miruyo Ito(USA)
2nd/Mayya Bragina(RUSSIA)
3rd/Gergana Kostova(BULGARIA)

※Detailed reports will be on the 2012, July issue of World Karate


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