Karate's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism ... winner and that's including the two golds awarded in kata. Azerbaijan boasts two silver winners in Rafael Aghayev (men's 75kg) ...

TOKYO - Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate ... men's -67kg category beat Turkey's Eray Samdan in the final. Kazakhstan's Darkhan Assadilov and Jordan's Abdel Rahman ...

The women's solo "kata" competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday ... with the world champion in the men's -67kg category, France's Steven Da Costa, losing one ...