Delegation of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal led by the Chairman of the Guardianship Board M. Slipenchuk visited the I Open Kyokushinkan World Championship at the Moscow Centre of Martial Arts.
The best athletes aged 12 to 18 from about 40 countries of all the continents met on the tatami. They arrived from Australia, Azerbaijan, England, Armenia, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Botswana, Germany, Netherlands, Georgia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Congo (DRC), New Zealand, China, Costa-Rica, Kuwait, Lesotho, Poland, Swaziland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Japan and other countries.     
One of the members of Championship’s Presidium, Champion of Japan, silver medalist of the First World Championship, the President of International Karate-do Kyokusinkan (KI) Organisation Hatsuo Royama (Japan) is an old friend of the Fund and helps the Fund to promote healthy life style and to support young talented sportsmen in their  striving for high achievements.