The Ukrainian WAKO kickboxing team showcased impressive performances at the adult world championship held in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The representatives of the "blue and yellow" earned 23 medals, placing third in the overall standings, as reported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Ukrainian athletes claimed 8 gold, 6 silver, and 9 bronze medals.

Gold: Oleksandr Drozd (FC -60 kg); Tymur Brykov (FC -81 kg); Artem Melnyk (FC -86 kg); Bohdan Sytynk (LK -71 kg); Sviatoslav Hasiuk (LK -75 kg); Andriy Suraha (LK -91 kg); Roman Shcherbatiuk (K1 +91 kg); Hlib Mazur (K1 -63.5 kg).

Silver: Dmytro Alfiorov (KL -57 kg); Dmytro Ponomarenko (MF HSW); Olesya Bulhakova (CF HS); Olesya Bulhakova (MF HS); Alina Martyniuk (K1 -60 kg); Pavlo Zamyatin (LC -89 kg).

Bronze: Oleg Oladyko (LC -74 kg); Dmytro Alfiorov (LC -57 kg); Dmytro Ponomarenko (CF HS); Dmytro Ponomarenko (CF HSW); Maksym Semenchuk (K1 -60 kg); Danylo Strilets (FC -54 kg); Oleksandr Ksenzo (FC -91 kg); Ivan Tkachenko (FC +91 kg); Daryna Ivanova (K1 -52 kg).