site.btaBulgarian Karate Athlete Ivet Goranova Wins Gold in Moscow

Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Ivet Goranova has won gold in the women's kumite -55kg event at the Universe International 2024 tournament in Moscow. 

The 24-year-old Bulgarian defeated Kazakhstan's Gulmira Ussenova 8-0 in the final. 

A total of 329 competitors representing 31 countries took part in the tournament, with 29 karate athletes from 10 countries competing in Goranova's category. 

This is Goranova's fourth gold medal in recent weeks. In September, she claimed victory at the 23rd Croatia Karate Open in Rijeka and at the 2024 Karate 1- Series A in Salzburg, Austria. On October 20, she also triumphed at the Beogradski Pobednik 2024 tournament in the Serbian capital.