Karlovac Open 2018 - Successful European Cup

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Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 17:25

In the period from 9 to 11 February 2018 European Cup "Karlovac Open 2018." was held in Karlovac, which brought together 1866 competitors from 28 countries and 177 clubs. The competition was held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Olympic Committee, the Croatian Central State Office for Sport and with support from local community and organized by the Croatian kickboxing Federation and Kickboxing club "Tigar" as executive organizer (Mr. Zoran Cicvara)

The competition was held in two sports halls in order to achieve the highest quality. In the big sports hall there were fights in the tatami disciplines (Point Fighting, Light Contact, Kick Light and Musical Forms), while in the another sport hall a competition was held in ring disciplines (Low Kick, Full Contact and K-1).

On the first day of the competition, on Friday, February 9, team battles and musical forms were held, followed by an evening gala event in which the selected contestants in the 8 fight fought for the special and very attractive kickboxing belts.

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Winners in gala's fights were:

On the second day of the competition, on Saturday, February 10, a lot of competition (in point fighting) was held in the city sport hall, while at the same time a fights in ring disciplines was held in the gymnasium hall - qualifications in all ring disciplines.

On the third day of the competition on Sunday February 11 were held in the city sport hall of the light contact and Kick light disciplines, while the finals of all categories in the ring disciplines were held in the smaller gymnasium sport hall.

The competition ended without any serious injury, which can be thanked to very high-quality judges - more than 70 judges and referees from almost all participated countries (chief referee for tatami sports was Gina Englehardt from Netherland and chief referees for ring sports were Zoran Šimurina from Serbia and Tomislav Novosel from Croatia) who have done their job at a very high level of professionalism. The WAKO organizing committee that arrived in Karlovac has prepared the competition program so well that, despite a very large number of competitors and fights, each day the competition ended around 8 pm.

Participants:

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WADA News 2018

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Published on Saturday, 17 February 2018 11:26

WADA SUSPENDS ACCREDITATION OF BUCHAREST LABORATORY

MONTREAL, 15 FEBRUARY 2018 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces the suspension of its  accreditation of the Bucharest laboratory in Romania for a period of six months.

This suspension was imposed due to a number of non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), which on 29 November 2017, resulted in the laboratory being provisionally suspended. Since that date, disciplinary proceedings were carried out by an independent disciplinary committee mandated to make a  recommendation to the Chair of the WADA Executive Committee regarding the status of the laboratory’s accreditation.

The suspension, which is backdated from the point of the provisional suspension, prohibits the Bucharest laboratory from carrying out any anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples.

During the period of suspension, samples that have not yet been analyzed by the Bucharest laboratory, samples currently undergoing a confirmation procedure and any samples for which a confirmation procedure (A and/or B) is required, must be securely transported to a WADA-accredited laboratory. This is in order to ensure continued high-quality sample analysis, which also helps preserve athletes’ confidence in this process and the wider anti-doping system.

Under the terms of Article 13.7 of the World Anti-Doping Code, the laboratory may appeal this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport within 21 days of receipt of notice.

The laboratory shall now address all non-conformities identified by the Laboratory Expert Group and WADA in any request for corrective action or otherwise, as well as any additional non-conformities identified during any WADA site visit during the suspension period.

If the laboratory satisfies the disciplinary committee in meeting these requirements, it may apply for reinstatement prior to the expiry of the six-month suspension period. However, should the laboratory not address them by the end of the six-month suspension period, WADA may extend the suspension of the laboratory’s accreditation for an  additional six months.

According to the ISL, WADA is responsible for accrediting and re-accrediting anti-doping laboratories, thereby  ensuring that they maintain the highest standards. This monitoring process is conducted in conjunction with International Organization for Standardization assessment by independent national accreditation bodies that are full members of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation.

Athlete and Coach Seminar 2018

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Published on Saturday, 10 February 2018 16:48

WAKO Europe in association with WAKO IF are delighted to support the Athlete Development Program and the Coaching Development program. It is great to see the investment in the health wellbeing, competency and awareness of WAKO coaches and Athletes

Turkish Open 2018 - registration are opened

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Published on Friday, 02 February 2018 16:29