Karate Star Stanislav Horuna has made it to the final round of The World Games Athlete of the Year 2019 contest. The top ten athletes with most votes continue now in the competition. The Karate representative takes the second place with the second most number of votes received thus far. 

Karate Star Stanislav Horuna has made it to the final round of The World Games Athlete of the Year 2019 contest. The Karate representative takes the second place with the second most number of votes received thus far. The top ten athletes with most votes continue now in the competition. 

Fans of Karate are demonstrating their strength as they have sent Stanislav Horuna all the way to the second position of The World Games Athlete of the Year 2019 contest. The Ukrainian star has received over 60,000 votes, more than twice as many votes as the third-placed athlete (Rhaea Stinn of Powerlifting) but over 47,000 votes less than the leader of the race thus far, Rani of Hockey.



CLICK HERE to vote for Stanislav Horuna

Stanislav Horuna is one of the most popular and beloved Karate athletes in the world. His spectacular and aggressive style of fighting and his friendly personality has made him one of the biggest stars of the sport. Now the Ukrainian hero is hoping to become the first Karate athlete to win The World Games Athlete of the Year.

The voting continues until 15:00 CET on Thursday 30th January 2020. The winner will be announced on January 31st. Fans can still vote for the Karate representative:

CLICK HERE to vote for Stanislav Horuna 

Top Ten candidates thus far:  

• Rani (Hockey, IND) 109,179
• Stanislav Horuna (Karate, UKR) 62,628
• Rhaea Stinn (Powerlifting, CAN) 29,689
• Janja Garnbret (Sport Climbing, SLO) 22,401
• Davide Donati & Michela Castoldi (Gymnastics, ITA) 20,739
• Armen Tsaturyan & Svetlana Gudyno (DanceSport, RUS) 14,946
• Mateus Kuntzler (Fistball, BRA) 11,922
• Team Finland (Flying Disc) 11,709
• U19 Team Czech Republic (Floorball) 11,652
• Sara Lopez (Archery, COL) 11,607