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Olympics: Jovana Prekovic secures gold in women’s kumite 61kg
Turkey's Merve Coban, Giana Lotfy from Egypt each win bronze medals
Muhammed Enes Calli |
06.08.2021 - Update : 06.08.2021
Gold medalist Jovana Prekovic of Team Serbia poses with the gold medal for the Women’s Karate Kumite -61kg on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. ( Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu - Anadolu Agency )
ANKARA
Serbian Jovana Prekovic won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61kg event of karate at Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
She beat China's Yin Xiaoyan in the final.
Turkish Merve Coban and Egypt's Giana Lotfy each secured the bronze medals in the same category.
Turkey win 100th medal in their Olympic history
Turkey's Ali Sofuoglu beat Heejun Park from South Korea to win the bronze medal in the men’s kata category in karate.
Sofuoglu clinched the 100th Olympics medal for his country.
Japanese Ryo Kiyun won the gold medal in the same event.
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