Kendo tournaments “Riga Cup & Jumura Cup 2024” have ended – Sports activities in Riga

From June 1 to 2, the Kendo match “Rigas kaus & Jumura kaus 2024” was held. 51 contributors from 8 nations took half within the competitors: Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Nice Britain, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland and Japan.

The match “Rigas Cup & Jumura Cup 2024” is the one worldwide Kendo match within the Baltic States. Competitions have been held in kids, youth and grownup age teams. This match is included within the match calendar of the European Kendo Federation (EKF).

The strongest athletes in Latvia took half within the competitors, as a result of this competitors is among the exams to affix the nationwide workforce. Athletes of the Latvian Kendo Federation gained prize-winning locations, so we consider that the competitors was an ideal alternative to realize expertise earlier than the World Kendo Championship, which will probably be held subsequent month in Italy .

The Japanese ambassador to Latvia, Mr. Takase, who spoke to the contributors and likewise noticed the primary day of the competitors.

The competitors was held with the assist of the Ministry of Training and Science and Riga Municipality.

Official match outcomes:

Youngsters

1. L. Abraitis (LTU)
2. G. Vanders (LVA)

younger

1. S. Bröms (SWE)
2. M. Brodén (SWE)
3. V. Lohmanova (LVA), U. Mikalauskaitė (LTU)
Award for combating spirit: A. Budrys (LTU)

Ladies’s group

1. Mona Jančytė (LTU)
2. Elina Loputeva (LAT) Silena Gromova (LAT)
3. Silena Gromova (LAT), D. Litvinenko (LTU)
Award for combating spirit: U. Mikalauskaitė (LTU)

A gaggle of males

1. N. Bjorkegard (SWE)
2. Janis Galdins (LAT)
3. B. Zöhrer (SWE), A. Strelcov (LTU)
Award for combating spirit: D. Leszczyński (POL)

Ladies’s groups

1. “Kawaii Ladies” (Silena Gromova, Elina Loputeva, Veronika Lohmanota)
3. “Debana Ladies” (G. Vilkaite (SWE), V. Kovzan, M. Jančytė) (LTU)
3. “VUKK” (U. Mikalauskaitė, M. Vilkienė, D. Litvinenko) (LTU)
“DUE” (Milana Ivanova, Darija Adomaitytė)

Award for steam fights: Darija Adomaitytė (LTU)

Males’s Groups (MIX)

1. “Kawaii Ladies” (Denis Arsenin, Janice Galdins, Silena Gromova) (LVA)
2.“Sizzling Potato” (A. Kaczmarek, E. Wojciechowska, D. Leszczyński) (POL)
3. “Ippon Supply” (Mona Jančytė, Mykolas Maciulevicius, Aleksandr Strelcov) (LTU)
3. “Outdated bones” (A. Lauskis, M. Galiaskarovs, E. Loputeva) (LVA)

Award for combating spirit: Gustavs Vanders (LVA)

This match was organized by the Latvian Kendo Federation.