Host nation Philippines delighted the home crowd with two gold medals on the closing day of the Karate One Youth League in Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Philippines celebrated the first of its two gold medals through Kathleya Ealaine Bustamante in the U14 Kumite Female -47kg. Bustamante earned a confident 6-2 victory over Australia\u2019s Ana Jovic to win the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second gold medal for the Philippines came from Franzcis Erl Jud Abundo in the U14 Kumite Male -40kg category. Abundo impressed the Manila crowd with a commanding 7-0 victory over Brunei\u2019s Wan Azlee Khairi Bin Wan Zuraimi in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U14 Kata Female<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan\u2019s Kyoka Okamoto claimed the gold medal after a strong 5-0 victory over the Philippines ‘ Alexa Rae Vallesteros in the final. Okamoto delivered a precise performance to secure the title, while Vallesteros earned an important silver medal for the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kata Male<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saudi Arabia celebrated gold in the male kata division through Moayad Alqahtani. In one of the closest finals of the day, Alqahtani edged Dean Caleb Montalbo of the Philippines by a 3-2 score to take the top place on the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Female -42kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Varvara Chumachenko of WKF-1 dominated the final of the female -42kg category. Chumachenko defeated Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ritan Mobarki 6-1 with an effective attacking display to secure the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Female -52kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Romania\u2019s Miruna Coman captured the gold medal in the female -52kg division. Coman controlled the final against Vasilisa Akimova of WKF-1 and secured a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Female 52+kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Croatia\u2019s Tesa Balog finished on top of the podium in the female 52+kg category. Balog defeated Kazakhstan\u2019s Aiaru Kalysbek by 6-3 in an active final with both athletes producing strong offensive performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Male +55kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saudi Arabia added another gold medal through Moneer Alshamrani in the male +55kg division. Alshamrani delivered one of the most dominant performances of the day, defeating Indonesia\u2019s Akhtar Arsad Wibawa 9-1 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Male -45kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Artem Krokhta of WKF-1 secured the gold medal in the male -45kg division after defeating Thailand\u2019s Hassathorn Taychachaiwongse 3-0 in the final bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Male -50kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kyrgyzstan celebrated success through Danil Khvan in the male -50kg category. Khvan earned a solid 4-0 victory against Hong Kong China\u2019s Oswin Chin-Chun Lam to take the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U14 Kumite Male -55kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ilia Lomaev of WKF-1 closed the competition with victory in the male -55kg division. Lomaev defeated France\u2019s Luka Rugies 2-0 in a tactical final to secure the last gold medal of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final day in Manila concluded another successful stop of the 2026 Karate One Youth League season, highlighting the international reach of youth karate and the emergence of promising young athletes from all continents. The Karate One Youth League travels now to Porec, Croatia where the fourth stop of the season will take place from July 2 to 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Host nation Philippines delighted the home crowd with two gold medals on the closing day of the Karate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-12958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-karate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t