Japan Dominate Karate With One Gold and Two Silver Medals at Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. Egypt and Saudi Arabia Take Other Golds
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STORY HEADLINE: JAPAN DOMINATE KARATE WITH ONE GOLD AND TWO SILVER MEDALS AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018. EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA TAKE OTHER GOLDS
DATE: 17 October, 2018
LOCATION: Buenos Aires, Argentina
LANGUAGE: English, Japanese, Egyptian, Arabic
STORY SCRIPT:
Japan dominated the first day of finals in the Karate at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, picking up a gold and two silver medals.
Their first gold came in the women’s Kumite -59Kg category, where Kokoro Sakaji beat Russia’s Anna Chernysheva 3-0.
In the women’s Kumite -53Kg Egypt’s Yasmin Nasr Elgewily beat Rinka Tahata of Japan 2-1.
In the men’s Kumite -61Kg Mohammed Ayed Al Assiri of Saudi Arabia beat Japan’s beat Masaki Yamaoka 8-0.
The final three Karate categories will be decided on Thursday, the final day of the Games.
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