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Karate-Egypts Abdelaziz wins gold medal in womens +61kg kumite – Reuters

Karate-Egypts Abdelaziz wins gold medal in womens +61kg kumite – Reuters
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Women's +61kg Kumite - Final - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Feryal Abdelaziz of Egypt reacts after winning her match against Iryna Zaretska of Azerbaijan. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Tokyo 2020 Olympics- Karate- Women’s +61 kg Kumite -Final- Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan- August 7, 2021. Feryal Abdelaziz of Egypt responds after winning her match against Iryna Zaretska of Azerbaijan.

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TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters)- Egypt’s Feryal Abdelaziz beat Azerbaijan’s Iryna Zaretska to win the Olympic gold medal in

the females’s karate” kumite” +61 kg category on Saturday. Kazakhstan’s Sofya Berultseva and China’s Gong Li won the bronze medals. Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim Editing by Toby Davis

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