Published on: 2026-09-30
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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From October 30 to November 1, the V International Competition “Moscow — Universe of Karate” will be held at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace. More than 400 athletes from 40 countries will participate, including Olympic medalists, world, and continental tournament champions. The organizers are the capital city Department of Sports and the Russian Karate Federation.
The competitions among women and men will take place in two disciplines — kata (demonstration of exercise complexes and techniques) and kumite (contact fights). The second set of medals will be contested among women in the weight categories of 50, 55, 61, 68, and over 68 kilograms, and among men — 60, 67, 75, 84, and over 84 kilograms.
The final matches will take place on November 1. Before the decisive battles begin, the audience will be entertained by artists from Alla Dukhova’s Todes ballet, and singer Anita Tsoy will perform the official karate anthem. The special guests of the evening will be actors from the film “Karate Kid” — the first children’s film in the history of Russian cinema dedicated to this martial art.
The competition will take place at: Luzhniki Street, building 24, structure 24. Entry for spectators is free.
The event is in line with the objectives of the state programs of the Russian Federation “Development of Physical Culture and Sports” and “Sport of Russia”. One of their objectives is to increase the proportion of citizens who regularly engage in physical culture and sports to 70 percent by 2030. In the capital, special attention is given to the walkability of infrastructure, support for families with children, as well as the integration of participants and veterans of the special military operation and their family members into the sports community. Details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
Find out how the capital has changed over the past years, what initiatives currently being implemented make citizens’ lives even more comfortable, and what awaits Moscow and its residents in the near future in an extensive special project on on the portal mos.ru, dedicated to the development of key sectors of Moscow. These include transport, industry, healthcare, education, sports, and construction.
On the project page ‘Sport’ Information is presented about the reconstruction of dozens of historic sports facilities, including the Olympic complex “Luzhniki”, the Vorobyovy Gory ski complex, and the Bitza equestrian complex, as well as about sports infrastructure accessible to every city resident.
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