The amazing course of 15-year-old Kyriakos Christodoulou resulted in him climbing to the highest pedestal and hearing our national anthem in Antalya, Turkey.
The teenager from Larnaca won the gold medal in Turkey at the IFMA World Muay Thai Youth Championship, which is registered in the Olympics as a pre-Olympic sport.
The 15-year-old Kyriakos, after managing to eliminate his Turkish teammate with 3-0, advanced to the semifinals where he competed with the Iraqi athlete, defeating him also 3-0, in the 67 kg category at the ages of 14-15 years.
In the final, he faced the Russian athlete Gary Fulin, whom he defeated 2-1, managing to become the first Cypriot athlete to achieve such a distinction.
It should be noted that twelve athletes from twelve different countries took part in the event.
Cypriot Alexandros Kostis is silver at the IFMA World Championship
Great success for the young Cypriot Muay Thai fighter, Alexandros Kostis, who a few hours ago managed to be in second place at the World Muay Thai Youth Championship in Antalya, Turkey.
Kostis, an athlete of Valentinos Neophytos at the 'All Powers Gym', won the silver medal in the competitions after three victories against athletes from Poland, Belarus and Latvia.
In the final he was defeated on points by a Thai opponent
