The athletes of Turkmenistan won 14 more medals - three gold, two silver and nine bronze - on the second day of the WKF Karate Championship of Central Asia in Samarkand.

On the top step of the podium for our team were: Gurbannazar Amandurdyev (cadet kumite up to 52 kg), 9^th grade student of the 16^th secondary school of Ak Bugday etrap of Akhal velayat; Jora Ovezmyradov (cadet kumite up to 57 kg), 10^th grade student of the Ashgabat specialized secondary school No. 52; and Davut Nazmyradov (kumite, up to 21 years old, up to 75 kg), 3^rd year student of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The silver medalists were: Perkhat Atamyradov (cadet kata 14-15 years old), 9^th grade student of the 8^th secondary school of Geokdepe etrap of Akhal velayat; and Aygul Esenova (kata, among girls up to 21 years old), 1^st year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports.

And the bronze medals were awarded to: Serdar Jumanov (cadet kumite up to 57 kg), 9^th grade student of the 14^th secondary school of the city of Turkmenbashi; Allanur Yalkabov (cadet kata 14-15 years old), 9^th grade student of secondary school No. 50 in Ashgabat; Rustam Puhanov (kata, up to 21 years old), 1^st year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Construction; Amangeldi Atayev (cadet kumite up to 70 kg), 10^th grade student of the Ashgabat specialized secondary school No. 42; Rasul Atajanov (kumite, up to 21 years old, up to 55 kg), 1^st year student of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; Shatlyk Gurbanov (kumite, up to 21 years old, up to 55 kg), 2^nd year student of the M. Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory; Ogulsuray Tachdurdyeva (kumite among girls up to 21 years old, up to 55 kg), 2^nd year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports; Dayanch Keletliev (kumite, up to 21 years old, up to 60 kg), 2^nd year student of the Military Institute named after Saparmyrat Turkmenbashi of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan; Kuvvatgeldi Berdiyev (cadet kumite up to 63 kg), 10^th grade student of Ashgabat secondary school No. 142.

Earlier, on the first day of the competition, Turkmen karate athletes won 7 medals: one gold, two silver and four bronze.

More than 800 athletes from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are participating in the 9^th WKF Karate Championship of Central Asia, competing for medals in kata (formal exercise demonstration) and kumite (sparring) disciplines in various age categories.