Video: Another brutal head kick KO at Karate Combat
Bloody Elbow
Fabiola Esquivel knocked out Anna Villanueva with a violent head kick at Karate Combat. | Karate Combat screenshot
That head kick was as clean as can be.
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Afghan karate champion fears it’s game over for female athletes
Oann.com (One America News Network)
By Heru Asprihanto and Johan Purnomo CISARUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi pounds the heavy bag as part of her training routine, but she fears female athletes still in her
Tehran to host 1st World Deaf Karate, Taekwondo Championships
En.mehrnews.com (sports)
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Tehran has been selected by the International Committee of Sport for the Deaf to host the 1st World Deaf Karate Championships and 1st World Deaf Taekwondo Championships this year.
Ilham Aliyev awarded Olympic athletes
Turan.az (en)
President Ilham Aliyev today signed orders on awarding athletes who achieved high achievements at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Three-time Olympic medalist, wrestler Maria Stadnik was awarded the Order for Service to the Fatherland, first degree.
‘Hamedi was robbed of a gold medal’: Karate league offers Saudi full-contact rematch
Al Arabiya (English)
Full-contact league Karate Combat has offered Saudi fighter Tarek Hamedi a rematch against Iranian Sajad Ganjzadeh after the latter took home an Olympic gold in a controversial match that saw Hamedi
Karate Combat chief says Tareg Hamedi 'robbed of a gold medal' at Olympics, offers rematch
MMAjunkie.com
Sajad Ganjzadeh and Tareg Hamedi can run it back with full-contact rules following their controversial finish at the Tokyo Olympics.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince congratulates Olympic champion Tarek Hamedi
Al Arabiya (English)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has congratulated karate player Tarek Hamedi, the silver medalist in Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics, Saudi Press Agency SPA reported on Tuesday.The prince
Saudi Olympic champion Hamedi greeted with surprise celebration in Jeddah airport
Al Arabiya (English)
Saudi Arabian Olympic champion and Karate player Tarek Hamedi was welcomed with a grand celebration at Jeddah airport following his silver medal win at the Tokyo Games, videos shared on social media
Karate Olympian loses gold medal match… because he KO’d opponent
Bloody Elbow
Sajad Ganjzadeh (R) of Team Iran lays on the tatami after being struck by Tareg Hamedi of Team Saudi Arabia during the Men’s Karate Kumite +75kg Gold Medal Bout on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on August 07, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Olympics-Did it pass the test? What are karate’s prospects in the Games?
Oann.com (One America News Network)
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Karate had its long-awaited moment at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last week but does it deserve a place in future Games?
An Olympic karateka looked destined for gold but KO'd his opponent, got disqualified, and settled for silver
ThisIsinsider.com
Tareg Hamedi finished Sajad Ganjzadeh in brutal finish in the Olympics karate final, but was disqualified from the gold medal match for doing so.
Olympic gold medal karate match ruined after spectacular head-kick KO deemed too forceful
USA TODAY (sports)
Tareg Hamedi left the mat in tears after learning of the judges' decision that he followed through fully, which is against the rules. Related Stories
Olympics-Karate-Unconscious Ganjzadeh Gets Gold as Opponent Disqualified
The Algemeiner
The final bout of karate’s historic debut at the Olympics ended in uproar on Saturday when Saudi Arabian Tareg Hamedi’s...
VIDEO: Iran flag raised on final day of Tokyo Olympics
En.mehrnews.com
TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – On the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sajjad Ganjzadeh snatched a historic gold medal in men’s +75kg of karate Kumite.
Olympics: Saudi athlete disqualified for kicking Iranian opponent’s head
The Punch
Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh won the men’s +75kg kumite Olympic gold in karate after high drama at the famed Budokan arena on Saturday. Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia was leading 3-0 in under 10 seconds but was then disqualified for a kick to the head of Ganjzadeh.
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