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 ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Ryo Kiyuna won the gold medal in the men’s karate “kata” competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday.

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 ...

Spain's Karate kata athlete Sandra Sanchez, current World and European Champion, strikes a pose during her training session at High Performance Center (CAR) while preparing for the upcoming Tokyo ...

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

Karate's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and -- yes -- a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jaime performs in the women's kata ranking round of the karate competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Alexander ...

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 5 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Women's Individual Kata - Ranking Round - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Kiyou Shimizu of Japan competes.