TOKYO (Reuters) -Spain’s Sandra Sanchez, known as the “queen of kata”, won karate’s maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Men's Individual Kata - Ranking Round - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 6, 2021. Ryo Kiyuna of Japan competes. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse ...

The six gold medal winners in kumite represented six different nations, not one of them host Japan.. In fact, no nation had more than one gold winner and that's including the two golds awarded in kata ...

Focus on karate at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are two types of events: "kata" (form) and "kumite" (sparring) * In kata, individuals demonstrate offensive and defensive ...

Minh Dack of France competes in the Men's Karate Kata elimination round during the Baku 2015 European Games. Michael Steele. In the Olympics, there will be one kata event -- and one gold medal ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Ryo Kiyuna took men’s kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot ...

TOKYO - Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's historic debut ...

Item 1 of 2 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Men's Individual Kata - Ranking Round - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 6, 2021. Ryo Kiyuna of Japan competes. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Women's Individual Kata - Elimination Round - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Sandra Sanchez of Spain competes. REUTERS/Carl Recine ...

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