Karate’s governing body the World Karate Federation (WKF) announced a provisional suspension of all Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from all WKF events until further notice, they said in a statement released today.
The WKF made the announcement after meetings with the WKF Athletes’ Commission and various WKF National Federations.
“The karate family is united in solidarity with everyone impacted by these terrible events,” said Antonio Espinós, president of the WKF. “While we have no desire to penalize any athlete or official who has been affected by this war, our intention is to protect the whole karate community as we keep the karate values of respect, integrity and honor at heart.”
“Since we do not have international events scheduled in the near future, we committed ourselves to carefully reviewing all the different perspectives and positions to make the right decision in the best interest of our sport. We took the necessary steps to have the full support of the majority of the Karate community on this delicate issue.”
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