The Ukrainian WAKO kickboxing team delivered outstanding performance at the World Championship for adults held in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The representatives of the "blue and yellow" secured 23 medals and claimed third place overall. This information was reported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Ukrainian athletes brought home 8 gold medals, in addition to 6 silver and 9 bronze.

Gold: Oleksandr Drozd (FC -60 kg); Tymur Brykov (FC -81 kg); Artem Melnyk (FC -86 kg); Bohdan Sytynk (LK -71 kg); Sviatoslav Hasyuk (LK -75 kg); Andrii Suraha (LK -91 kg); Roman Shcherbatiuk (K1 +91 kg); Hlib Mazur (K1 -63.5 kg).

Silver: Dmytro Alfiorov (KL -57 kg); Dmytro Ponomarenko (MF HSW); Olesia Bulhakova (CF HS); Alina Martyniuk (K1 -60 kg); Pavlo Zamiatin (LC -89 kg).

Bronze: Oleg Oladyko (LC -74 kg); Dmytro Alfiorov (LC -57 kg); Dmytro Ponomarenko (CF HS); Maksym Semenchuk (K1 -60 kg); Danylo Strilets (FC -54 kg); Oleksandr Ksenzo (FC -91 kg); Ivan Tkachenko (FC +91 kg); Daryna Ivanova (K1 -52 kg).