WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020

The World Karate Federation has announced yesterday the first several karatekas that have qualified for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Due to the suspension of the last qualifying tournaments because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first stage of the Olympic qualification pathway has been finalized. The four highest-ranked athletes per gender and Olympic event claim the 32 places allocated by standings. Additionally, the WKF has also confirmed the Japanese athletes who take the host nation quota in each one of the Olympic categories.

Here are the qualified athletes for now:

Male Categories
Qualified Athletes
Female Categories
Qualified Athletes
Male Kata

Mattia Busato (ITA)
Antonio Diaz (VEN)
Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)
Damian Quintero (ESP)
Ali Sofuoglu (TUR)

Female Kata

Viviana Bottaro (ITA)
Sakura Kokumai (USA)
Mo Sheung Grace Lau (HKG)
Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)

Male Kumite -67kg

Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ)
Angelo Crescenzo (ITA)
Steven Dacosta (FRA)
Vinicius Figueira (BRA)
Naoto Sago (JPN)

Female Kumite -55kg

Sara Bahmanyar (IRI)
Miho Miyahara (JPN)
Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR)
Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)
Tzu-Yun Wen (TPE)

Male Kumite -75kg

Rafael Aghayev (AZE)
Bahman Asgari Ghoncheh (IRI)
Luigi Busa (ITA)
Stanislav Horuna (UKR)
Ken Nishimura (JPN)

Male Kumite -61kg

Merve Coban (TUR)
Giana Lotfy (EGY)
Jovana Prekovic (SRB)
Mayumi Someya (JPN)
Xiaoyan Yin (CHN)

Male Kumite +75kg

Ugur Aktas (TUR)
Ryutaro Araga (JPN)
Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI)
Jonathan Horne (GER)
Ivan Kvesic (CRO)

Female Kumite +61kg

Hamideh Abbasali (IRI)
Meltem Hocaouglu (TUR)
Elena Quirici (SUI)
Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)
Irina Zaretska (AZE)

The Olympic qualification process will continue as soon as the coronavirus outbreak is over and mass gatherings are permitted again.

No less than 24 athletes will earn the Olympic ticket at the qualification tournament to be held in Paris. Additionally, 12 athletes will get the berth for the Olympic Games by continental representation and up to four karatekas will take the Olympic ticket by the Tripartite Commission invitation places.

Source: www.wkf.net

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