The best talents at the national level in the youth category of karate will be in action in the IV Dimitrova Cup of Karate national ranking that will be held this Sunday in the Pavilion of that discipline in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.
The contest returns after four years of absence with innovative incentives for karate fighters in its different categories, according to the athlete María Dimitrova, organizer of the event.
The Cup is divided into two circuits, the first of which will be this Sunday from 9:00 in the morning, while the second will take place on November 27 and will include international athletes.
The tournament has the support of Propagas, Inicia, Edesur, Arajet, Batu, Vadisec, World Self Defense Alliance, as well as the COD, Ministry of Sports and the Karate Federation.
As a prize, the organizers will award air tickets for international events as a way to help those athletes who lack the economic resources to travel and who have the conditions to represent the country.
“Our purpose is to work, in coordination with the federation, in the long term with the youth athletes who have been rising to prepare them for the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games,” added Dimitrova.
The also karate, of the kata modality, stated that the IV edition of the Dimitrova Cup will implement a new technology for the first time in the country, through which the competitions will be evaluated.
He indicated that he has already acquired a license for a program, which will be implemented by a renowned Panamanian technician who will give the clinics for use to his Dominican counterparts. Through this system, Dimitrova assured, the marking of points during the competition will not be manual, but digital.
The competitions will be held in categories such as individual and team kata, as well as kumite (fight), masters, mamateka, papateka and famiteka.
