In the capital city of Russia, during the 7th annual cup Moscow challenge, on 13th of December 2008 took place the match between Russia and Ukraine, in which 3 competitors from each country participated.
The match was to present the beauty of Taekwon-Do patterns and sparring to hundreds of young competitors and thousands of spectators, who came to take part or just to watch the Moscow challenge.
All the patterns and sparrings were very beautiful and spectacular. The competitors did their best and showed high level of techniques and skills. It was an amazing performance of pure Taekwon-Do. They all had a warm support from the enthusiastic crowd gathered in one of the central Moscow Olympic sports halls.
The competitors were almost equal but the Russian team won with very little superiority.
The results were (winners in bold) | ||
Russia | Ukraine | |
Shumov Artem Tkachenko Maxim Shumov Artem Maximenko Igor |
Pattern
Sparring - 54 kg - 64 kg - 71 kg |
Leonov Aleksandr Leonov Aleksandr Cherkasov Dmitry Sevak Martirosian |