1,025 athletes take part in the PB FORKI National Karate Championship in Riau.

 A total of 1,025 athletes from 27 provinces and 24 karate schools participated in the Karate National Championship for the Chairman of the Indonesian Karate-Do Sports Federation III Cup and the Riau Governor's Cup.The Chairman of PB FORKI, Hadi Tjahjanto opened the event which took place on May 16-18 at the Pekanbaru Youth Center. He appreciated the implementation of the National Championship in Riau which was considered mature as the first host of the karate national championship.

"Congratulations on the implementation of the karate championship in Riau, I see that the entry is already good. The implementation should be emulated by the FORKI Provincial Management of other provinces. Next, Malang should also be held like this," said Hadi.