Torres wins first-ever karate medal for U.S.

Ariel Torres won the first karate medal in U.S. historical past at the Olympics, claiming bronze within the boys’s kata on Friday.

Ryo Kiyuna of Japan won the gold medal, beating Spain’s Damian Quintero within the final because the game makes its Olympic debut.

Kiyuna changed into once given a ranking of 28.72 for his demonstration of karate kinds. His ranking topped the 27.66 recorded by Quintero, who went first within the final.

Ali Sofuoglu of Turkey also took bronze.

In the boys’s 75-kilogram kumite, Italy’s Luigi Busa beating Azerbaijan’s Rafael Aghayev 1-0 in a physical last to gather the gold medal.

Aghayev’s silver is the first non-bronze medal in Tokyo for Azerbaijan, however he fell lawful wanting winning his nation’s eighth-ever Olympic gold.

Gabor Harspataki of Hungary and Stanislav Horuna of Ukraine won bronze.

In the girls’s 61-kilogram kumite, Serbia’s Jovana Prekovic beat Yin Xiaoyan of China by hantei after a scoreless last to gather the gold medal.

Neither karateka could perhaps ranking some extent within the three-minute bout, however Prekovic changed into once chosen because the winner by three of the four judges on the tatami.

The 25-12 months-used Prekovic won the arena championship at 61 kilograms in 2018. Her gold medal is the 2d of the Tokyo Olympics for Serbia.

Giana Lotfy of Egypt got bronze after narrowly losing her 1:1 semifinal bout to Yin on hantei. Merve Coban also claimed bronze, earning Turkey’s third medal in karate within the first two days.