Olympics: Japan's Araga wins karate bronze in kumite over-75kg division

Ryutaro Araga claimed Japan's first and only medal in karate's kumite discipline at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday with a bronze in the men's over-75-kilogram division.Araga won all his three pool-stage bouts to reach the semifinals and guarantee a medal, but lost 2-0 against Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia at Nippon Budokan. Sajad Ganjzadeh of Iran beat Hamedi 4-0 in the final to win gold.Contested in three-minute bouts, kumite has three weight classes for both men and women at the Olympics. Before Araga's semifinal appearance, Japan had five karateka all eliminated in the pool stage in the s…READ FULL ARTICLE