Egypt’s Feryal Abdelaziz won gold in the women’s kumite karate +61kg event at Olympic Games on Saturday. This is the first gold medal for Egypt in the Tokyo Games, and the second in karate. Tensions ran high for Zaretska as the reining -68kg kumite European champion tried to find the right combination to clinch the gold medal, but it was too late as her spinning kick came after time was called. Her 22-year-old Egyptian opponent fell to the tatami as she realized she had been crowned the inaugural Olympic champion in the women’s +61kg kumite, the official website of Tokyo Games reported. Egypt’s delegation in Tokyo is the largest it has ever been in history, with 137 athletes competing in 23 different sports.

Source: Egypt Independent August 07, 2021 13:49 UTC