{"id":946457,"date":"2026-10-30T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946457\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:20:10","slug":"kharkiv-athlete-18-wins-gold-in-world-boxing-u19-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946457\/","title":{"rendered":"Kharkiv athlete, 18, wins gold in World Boxing U19 Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTENEGRO, BUDVA, Oct. 30 \u2014 Kharkiv-born junior boxer Kira Makohonenko, 18, won a gold medal in a victory over China\u2019s Yang Sirui in the women\u2019s 54 kg category at the finale of the World Boxing U19 Championships on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMission completed,\u201d Makohonenko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfFr2yeoafW\/?hl=en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> on her Instagram on Oct. 29. \u201cThat\u2019s one of my main motivations \u2014 to win competitions like this, so that our anthem echoes through the whole world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The World Boxing U19 Championships is an amateur boxing competition organized by World Boxing for athletes under 19 years old. This year\u2019s competition ran from Oct. 16 to Oct. 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Makohonenko, Sofiia Novikova, also from Kharkiv, got a bronze medal in the women\u2019s 80 kg category.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite all the challenges, Kharkiv oblast continues to foster champions who represent Ukraine at the international stage,\u201d said Oleh Syniehubov, the region\u2019s governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia won the most medals \u2013 five \u2013 in the U19 Championships, competing under the flag of the Russian Federation, followed by Uzbekistan athletes, who won four medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8dfcfc\">\u26c8\ufe0f Winter is coming, and, for Ukraine, it is predicted to be awful. Please support our Kharkiv-based newsroom <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/gwaramedia\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with a $5 coffee<\/a> to help us withstand whatever Russia has prepared for us.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/frame-10-1262x388.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-227049 lazy\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>If you have found an error, highlight the necessary fragment and press Shift + Enter.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTENEGRO, BUDVA, Oct. 30 \u2014 Kharkiv-born junior boxer Kira Makohonenko, 18, won a gold medal in a victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,453789,513794,513795,85],"class_list":["post-946457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-kharkiv","tag-kharkiv-athletes","tag-kharkiv-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}