The Serbian kickboxing national team achieved major success at the Senior World Championship in Abu Dhabi, winning eight medals. Our best kickboxers returned from the global competition with three golds, two silvers, and three bronzes. The brightest honors were claimed by Nikola Todorović (81kg) in the K1 discipline, Aleksandra Rapaić (70kg), and Lea Blagojević (+70kg) in the low-kick discipline.
Silver medals were won by Aleksandra Krstić (70kg) in K1 and Veljko Mićović (81kg) in full-contact, while bronze went to Boban Nikolić (57kg) in low-kick, Milana Bjelogrlić (65kg) in K1, and Teodora Vidić (65kg) in full-contact.
The head coach of the Serbian kickboxing national team, Siniša Vladimirović, expressed great satisfaction with the results:
“The World Championship was extremely difficult and exhausting. A record number of competitors participated — around 2,000 kickboxers from all over the world — and the competition was truly fierce. We hoped for such results and this number of medals, knowing how challenging it would be to reach any of the podium positions, because each category had about fifteen and often more than 20 athletes,” said Vladimirović.
He praised all Serbian representatives:
“Every single one of them fought exceptionally and gave their maximum at this moment. We remain saddened that Damjan Memedovski, due to a severe virus he contracted upon arrival in Abu Dhabi, could not compete in the low-kick discipline. I also owe special gratitude to the national team coaches Dejan Pavić, Miloš Milutinov, and Vladimir Bogović, who motivated the athletes and truly invested great effort in every match to provide our competitors with the necessary support,” Vladimirović concluded.
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Source: Telegraf.rs, Foto: Kik-boks savez Srbije