The final list of karatekas to participate in the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 has been finally confirmed. With the Karate competition at Buenos Aires 2018 being held in exactly one month, the Karate world gets to know the young participants that will be making history for the sport in the anticipated event. 

The final list of karatekas to participate in the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 has been finally confirmed. With the Karate competition at Buenos Aires 2018 being held in exactly one month, the Karate world gets to know the young participants that will be making history for the sport in the anticipated event. 

Representatives of 32 ries will wear the karate-gis in the Karate competition of Buenos Aires 2018 taking place from October 17 to 18. Japan and Iran present the largest delegations with six and five athletes, respectively. The range of athletes in this event highlights Karate’s global reach, with representatives from five continents participating in the competition.  

Local Karate fans will follow the steps of two Argentinian karatekas representing the host nation at the event. Rodrigo Tello will take part in the category of Male Kumite -61kg while Juan Salsench will participate in Male Kumite -68kg. 

Forty-eight athletes will compete in Buenos Aires 2018. The competitors are divided into six categories, three per gender (Male Kumite -61kg, Male Kumite -68kg, Male Kumite +68kg, Female Kumite -53kg, Female Kumite -59kg and Female Kumite +59kg)

The tournament is scheduled to start on October 17 and will finish on October 18. The Karate event will follow the round-robin competition format, with medal bouts being held on October 17 from 15:00 to 16:30 (local time) and on October 18 to 14:00 to 15:30 (local time). The finals on both days will be broadcast to a number of host TV broadcasters around the world, and the medal-awarding bouts will also be streamed live on the Olympic Channel. 

Karate will be making its debut as a Youth Olympic sport in Buenos Aires 2018. It is the first time in the history of the sport that Karate will be d in the sports programme of the Youth Olympic Games. As the Karate competition at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 reaches the one-month , Karate fans from all over the world are looking forward to one of the most anticipated moments in the history of this discipline.  

The list of participants is the following: 

Kumite Male -61kg

NAME FAMILY NAME COUNTRY

1 MASAKI YAMAOKA JAPAN
2 FAHIK VESELI FYR OF MACEDONIA
3 MOHAMMED ALASSIRI SAUDI ARABIA
4 ABDALLAH HAMMAD JORDAN
5 ALIREZA FARAJIKOUHIKHEILI IRAN
6 PEDRO PABLO DE LA ROCA GUATEMALA
7 RODRIGO TELLO ARGENTINA
8OUSSAMAEDARIMOROCCO

Kumite Male -68kg

NAME FAMILY NAME COUNTRY

1 ROSARIO RUGGIERO ITALY
2 ABILMANSUR BATYRGALI KAZAKHSTAN
3 ROBERT SHYROIAN UKRAINE
4 KOTARO NAKAMURA JAPAN
5 YASSINE SEKOURI MOROCCO
6 QUENTIN MAHAUDEN BELGIUM
7 JUAN SALSENCH ARGENTINA
8BOSKOVICBOJANMONTENEGRO

Kumite Male +68kg

NAME FAMILY NAME COUNTRY

1 ENES BULUT TURKEY
2 TOMAS KOSA SLOVAKIA
3 KEISEI SAKIYAMA JAPAN
4 ROBERT AVAKIMOV RUSSIA
5 NABIL ECH-CHAABI MOROCCO
6 NAVID MOHAMMADI IRAN
7 RAUKAWA JEFFERIES NEW ZEALAND
8SEAN MC CARTHY CREANIRELAND

Kumite Female -53kg

NAME   FAMILY NAME   COUNTRY                                          

1 DAMLA OCAK   TURKEY                              
2 RINKA   TAHATA JAPAN                               
3 AIKA OKAZAKI   THAILAND                                         
4 YASMIN NASR    EGYPT                                 
5 FATEMEH KONAKDARTARSI  IRAN                                   
6 DILDORA ALIKULOV  UZBEKISTAN                                 
7 TANIA   BARROS PORTUGAL                                     
8 CATALINA VALDÉS CHILE                                   

        Kumite Female -59kg                                                                   

 NAME   FAMILY NAME   COUNTRY                                          

1 CHARLOTTE HOPE   GREAT BRITAIN                               
2 KOKORO SAKAJI  JAPAN                               
3 ANNA CHERNYSHEVA  RUSSIA                               
4 MOBINA HEYDARIOZOMECHELOE IRAN                                   
5 ZSOFIA BARANYI  HUNGARY                                         
6 IVANA  PEROVIC SERBIA                               
7 ASSIA OUKHATTOU  FRANCE                                             
8 MARTA OSSIPOVA ESTONIA                                                                             

                Kumite Female +59kg                                                                  

 NAME   FAMILY NAME   COUNTRY                                          

1 KYRIAKI KYDONAKI GREECE                              
2 LAURA  LYCK DENMARK                                       
3 JANESSA MICHELLE FONSECA PUERTO RICO                                   
4 ANNIKA SAELID  NORWAY                                           
5 SAKURA SAWASHIMA JAPAN                                 
6 LAUREN PAIGE  SALISBURY GREAT BRITAIN                               
7 SARAH  ALAMERI  UAE                                     
8 NEGIN  ALTOONI  IRAN