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Ukrainian Anzhelika Terliuga wins silver medal in karate competition at Tokyo Olympics

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Aug. 5, 2021. Updated Aug. 5 at 3:51 pm

Taiwan's Wen Tzu-yun (L) competes against Ukraine's Anzhelika Terliuga in the women's kumite -55kg semi-final of the karate competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

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Ukrainian athlete Anzhelika Terliuga has won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Terliuga could not defeat her rival from Bulgaria Ivet Goranova. The Bulgarian has won 5:1.

Anzhelika Terliuga became the first Ukrainian woman in history to win a bout at an Olympic tournament in this sport (weight category up to 55 kg).

Now, Ukraine has one gold medal, three silver and nine bronze medals.