Belarusian athletes have won eleven medals at the international taekwondo tournament Germany Open 2026 in Hamburg, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian team has two gold, three silver and six bronze medals to its credit. Among adult athletes, Mikita Belavyi took victory in the under-54 kg category, defeating representatives of Germany, the UK and Guinea along the way. In the semifinal, Mikita Belavyi overcame his compatriot Yahor Kazlou, who ultimately finished third.
In the junior girls’ competition, Belarusian Anastasiya Kurylionak won gold in the under-63 kg category, getting past her peers from Sweden, Senegal and Belgium. Also in the U18 standings, our Bahdan Aliyeu (under 78 kg), Dziyana Tolkina (under 46 kg) and Aryna Zhuk (under 59 kg) took second places in their categories.
Junior athletes Ihnat Artsiamchuk (under 45 kg), Yahor Shcharbachenia, Mikita Dzekhtsiarevich (both under 63 kg), Raman Dudko (over 88 kg) and Ulyana Mikheyenka (under 68 kg) climbed to the third step of the podium. In total, taekwondo athletes from 40 countries became medalists at the tournament, with the Belarusian team taking seventh place in the overall standings.
