Tareg Hamedi, Alpysbay, Almasatfa, Azhikanov, Aljafari, Grace Lau and Berultseva showed their net advantage during the Asian championships (July 21-23 in Malaysia), just like Kazakhstan, 1st nation. Ups/downs and rankings of this 19th edition.
By Ludovic Mauchien / Photos: AKF Official Media
UPS
Tareg Hamedi, the unlucky Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo (KO of Sajad Ganjzadeh in the final), won his 4th title, his 3rd in a row, with a breathtaking karate. In the final, he dominated Ganjzadeh (6-6).
The return to the top of Iran, absent from international competitions for more than a year, and the comeback of China that was believed to be disappeared from the end of the Olympic Games.
Kazakhstan, with 11 medals (3, 4, 4) finished 1st nation ahead of Japan (3, 3, 2) and Iran (3, 2, 7).
Iranian fighters kept the title won last year by dominating Kazakhstan, 3-0. The Persian warriors are still there !
Nurkanat Azhikanov (-75 kg) wins his 1st major title. In the final, he dominated the former world champion, Bahman Asgari (Iri). The same for his compatriot Kaisar Alpysbay (-60 kg), who made a demonstration in the final (9-1 against Leilei Shi).
If the Japanese Kumite is no longer at the top, Japanese kata is more than ever. 3 in 4 gold medals possible. Only Grace Lau managed to dominate Kiyou Shimizu.
DOWNS
No gold medal for Japan in kumite. Only 2 silver ones in men with Rikito Shimada (-84 kg) and Daiki Ando (+84 kg), and 2 bronze medals among women thanks to Rina Kodo (-55 kg) and Kanna Nagai (-68 kg)
Kata’s double world champion, Phuong Thi Nguyen (Vie), could not do better than 5th.
Sadriddin Saymatov (UZB) four-times medalist, only ranked 5th.
ALL THE RESULTS
MALE
- 55 kg
1 DEHGHANZADEH BEHNAM (IRI)
2 SHAQRAH OMAR (JOR)
3 BIGABYL ZHOLAMAN (KAZ) / SELVAM KUMAR (MAS)
- 60 kg
1 ALPYSBAY KAISAR (KAZ)
2 SHI LEILEI (CHN)
3 HAMMAD ABDALLAH (JOR) / MUEKTHONG SIWAKON (THA)
- 67 kg
1 ALMASATFA ABDEL RAHMAN (JOR)
2 AMIRALI DIDAR (KAZ)
3 CHENG HUI PAN (HKG) / MAHDI ZADEH AMIR (IRI)
- 75 kg
1 AZHIKANOV NURKANAT (KAZ)
2 ASGARI BAHMAN (IRI)
3 ALJENAEI OMAR (KUW) / ALZAHRANI SULTAN (KSA)
- 84 kg
1 ALJAFARI MOHAMMAD (JOR)
2 SHIMADA RIKITO (JPN)
3 YULDASHEV DANIYAR (KAZ) / WU CHUNWEI (TPE)
+84 kg
1 HAMEDI TAREG (KSA)
2 ANDO DAIKI (JPN)
3 GANJZADEH SAJAD (IRI) / TOLTAY ABYLAY (KAZ)
Kata
1 NISHIYAMA KAKERU (JPN)
2 HUSSAIN MOHAMMAD (KUW)
3 PARK HEEJUN (KOR) / SHAHRJERDI ABOLFAZL (IRI)
Kumite Team
1 IRAN
2 KAZAKHSTAN
3 JORDAN /KUWAIT
Kata Team
1 JAPAN (moto ryuji, moto kazumasa, arimoto koji)
2 KUWAIT (hussain mohammad, almosawi sayed salman, almosawi sayed mohammed)
3 VIETNAM / IRAN
FEMALE
-50 kg
1 TSANG YEE TING (HKG)
2 ZHANGBYRBAY MOLDIR (KAZ)
3 BAHMANYAR SARA (IRI) / AL AJMI HAWRAA (UAE)
- 55 kg
1 KU TSUIPING (TPE)
2 USSENOVA GULMIRA (KAZ)
3 KODO RINA (JPN) / SAADATI FATEME (IRI)
-61 kg
1 GOLSHADNEZHAD ATOUSA (IRI)
2 ALAMERI SARAH (UAE)
3 GONG LI (CHN) / ADNAN ZAKIAH (MAS)
- 68 kg
1 ZEFANYA GEORGIA (INA)
2 LI QIAOQIAO (CHN)
3 ALDROUS JOUD (JOR) / NAGAI KANNA (JPN)
+68 kg
1 BERULTSEVA SOFYA (KAZ)
2 VANG THI NGOC MY (VIE)
3 RAKAWUNI BANUREA (INA) / YU YANYI (TPE)
Kata
1 LAU MO SHEUNG GRACE (HKG)
2 SHIMIZU KIYOU (JPN)
3 KOSHKARBAYEVA LIYA (KAZ) / SADEGHI DASTAK FATEMEH
(IRI)
Kumite Team
1 VIETNAM
2 IRAN
3 CHINA / TPE
Kata Team
1 JAPAN (taira sae, mizukami chiho, ishibashi saori)
2 VIETNAM (nguyen thi phuong, nguyen ngoc tram, luu thi thu uyen, le thi khanh ly)
3 MALAYSIA / INDONESIA
