Ukraine also picked up a silver and bronze medal in addition to six golds ©FI Savate

The World Savate Championships in Weiz saw 24 national teams compete across multiple competitions.

The Assaut World Cup, Junior World Combat Championships and qualifying for the senior men's and senior women's World Combat Championships were all contested in the Austrian town.

The 2020 edition of the Assaut World Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Ukraine was the strongest country in the 2021 edition, taking six gold medals, one silver and one bronze.

Hosts Austria came second in the medal table with two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes.

Ukrainians Oleksandr Bratchykov and Anastasiia Konovalchuk highlighted their country's dominance as they were crowned the best male and best female fighters.

 Savate is a French kickboxing combat sport where only hands and feet are allowed to be used as weapons ©FI Savate
 Savate is a French kickboxing combat sport where only hands and feet are allowed to be used as weapons ©FI Savate

Twenty categories of men, women and junior athletes were on the card as seven finals took place in the qualifying tournament of the World Combat Championships.

Ukraine showed their commitment to blooding young fighters as they left the tournament with three youth titles.

Croatia came second with two golds while Spain and Hungary both won one gold each.

France dominated in the senior categories, which were acting as qualifying tournaments prior to the finals, scheduled for the autumn.

There is a French competitor in each of the women's classes, except for the 75+ kilogram category while in the men's tournament, France are represented in six out of eight finals.