Odesa karateka Terliuga dedicates World Championship bronze to her family

Anzhelika Terliuga returned to the world karate elite after her maternity leave, Chornomorets lost second place in the First League, and chess players competed in Odesa at the Heller Memorial. Read more about these and other events in the digest of sports events from Intent.

Karate. Angelika Terliuga's medal

• The individual world karate championships took place in Cairo (Egypt) this week.

Angelika Terliuga. PHOTO: Ukrainian Karate Federation

• Anzhelika Terliuga , a resident of Odesa and silver medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (category up to 55 kg) , lost in the quarterfinals to tatami owner Ahlam Youssef, however, the tournament scheme allowed her to compete for a bronze medal. In the match on Sunday, the Ukrainian defeated the second number of the world ranking, Chilean Valentina Toro Menezes, and won a medal!

Anzhelika Terliuga with her daughter and the World Championship medal. PHOTO: Anzhelika Terliuga

• Anzhelika dedicated her success to her family. We would like to remind you that quite recently, in December 2024, she gave birth to a daughter. Since returning from maternity leave, Anzhelika has already had two significant successes - a silver at the World Games in July and this bronze.

Andrii Zaplitnyi. PHOTO: Ukrainian Karate Federation

• Another medal for Ukraine was won by Andrii Zaplitnyi, who finished second in the 75 kg category.

Games and results

• Chornomorets Odesa ended the autumn part of the First League season with a crushing defeat away from home.

Vorskla vs Chornomorets match. PHOTO: FC Vorskla

• Vorskla Poltava scored twice at the beginning of the match, and then not only did not lose the advantage, but also consolidated it in the middle of the second half. This match in Poltava, like the previous one, was interrupted for a considerable time due to an air raid. Due to this defeat , Chornomorets loses its place in the direct promotion zone and goes into the winter break third, as Kyiv's L'viv Bereg overtakes the Odesa team. Odesa will be able to regain their place in the top 2 no earlier than March 21, when the championship is scheduled to resume.

Standings of the First League. SCREEN SHOT: pfl.ua

• Ukraine's national basketball team started qualifying for the 2027 World Cup with a victory.

Artem Pustovoy, Ukraine national team. PHOTO: fbu.ua

• The Ukrainians defeated the quarterfinalists of the last EuroBasket, the Georgian team, on the road. In the second match, Ukraine built on its success by defeating Denmark. To pass the first stage, the Ukrainians must avoid the last place in the group, where the fourth team in addition to the aforementioned is Spain.

• Real Mykolaiv lost twice in the fifth round of the Women's Super League. The Mykolaiv team is fifth in the Super League table after this round.

Super League table. SCREENSHOT: handball.org.ua

The match Odeschyna - Storm. PHOTO: Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine

• "Odeschyna defeated Storm for the second time in a home match. The decisive goal was a double by the red team's forward Anton Roslyakov, who made the difference in the second and third periods. On Sunday, Storm lost a heartbreaking match against Kremenchuk in Vinnytsia. Despite winning the first period (2-1), the next two were a nightmare - 8 goals were conceded and none in return.

Events of the week

• A blitz (rapid chess) chess tournament dedicated to the memory of Yukhym Heller and timed to the hundredth anniversary of his birth took place in Odesa.

Efim Geller against Bobby Fischer. PHOTO: chess.com

Viktor Sklyarov. PHOTO: Lana Chess Photography

• Viktor Sklyarov, an international master from Kherson (now representing Kyiv), won the tournament with a score of 9 points out of 11 possible.

Oleksandra Oliynykova. PHOTO: Argentina Open Tennis

• Oleksandra Oliynykova 's winning streak of 11 matches in a row in South America was unfortunately interrupted. After winning two tournaments in a row, at the third one in Buenos Aires, Oleksandra was forced to withdraw from the second round match due to a leg injury.

Ekaterina Sadurskaya. PHOTO: Vogue

• Freediver Kateryna Sadurska surpassed her own world record in the discipline of constant weight diving without fins (CNF). At the competitions in Dominica , the Ukrainian was able to dive 86 meters, which is 2 meters more than last year.

Traditionally, we wish you and your favorite athletes and teams success!

Адлен Муатс