From March 6 to 9, 2025, an open Muay Thai tournament called «Dnipro Star» was held in Dnipro.

 This year’s tournament was dedicated to the defenders of our country.

160 athletes from various cities, including Odesa, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Zaporizhia, Poltava, Kharkiv, and clubs in the Dnipropetrovsk region came to compete for prizes.

The main motivation for each boxer in the fight for victory was the opportunity to participate in the Ukrainian championship in April and the chance to join the national team.

Odesa athletes - students of Odesa Comprehensive Children and Youth Sports School No. 7 - won 14 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze medals at the tournament.

Winners included: Nikita Kuts, Bohdan Studnev, Kyrylo Berezovskyi, Volodymyr Trufkaky, Yelyzaveta Velykova, Diana Savotina, Oleksandr Andriushchenko, Ivan Rasputny, Vladislav Postnov, Timur Katerynchak, Oleksandr Zabara, Mark Yushchuk, Pavlo Balabko, and Yelysei Shaienko.

Silver medals were awarded to: Dmytro Zanin, Kira Laryonova, Mykhailo Honcharuk, Ruslan Kravchenko, and Sviatoslav Shaienko.

Bronze medals went to Timur Ostrovskyi and Myroslav Yakush.

The athletes were trained by coaches: Volodymyr Pishenin, Liliya Shapoval, Mykhailo Mitaki, and Mykhailo Kovalchuk.

The tournament was organized by the Dnipro City Muay Thai Federation in cooperation with the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade.