Ali Asiabari from Iran won the silver medal in the karate competition as part of the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday.
In the final match in the Kumite men's 84 kg category, Asiabari lost to Mohammad Aljafari from Jordan with a score of 9:1.
Bronze medals were received by Chung Meng-yu from Chinese Taipei and Abdullah Babiker from Qatar.
The karate competitions at the Asian Games 2026 are taking place from September 20 to 30 in the public sports hall of Toyohashi city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Fatemehzara Saedabadi from Iran won the silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games on Tuesday.
In the women's kumite final in the under 55 kg category, she lost to Adela Faye Robert from Malaysia with a score of 6:4. Medals in this weight category were also won by Sok Isti Agun Sanistyarani from Indonesia and Bella Samasheva from Kazakhstan, who received bronze medals.
The karate competitions at the 2026 Asian Games are taking place from September 20 to 30 in the public sports hall of Toyohashi city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Abdulvakhob Rashidov won at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games held in Japan, bringing the Uzbekistan national team its first gold medal of this tournament.
The Uzbek athlete, who specializes in karate, competed in the under 67 kg weight category. In the final stage of the competition, Rashidov fought against Yugo Kozaki, representing the host country, and managed to emerge victorious.
This success allowed Rashidov to add the first gold to the collection of the Uzbekistan national team at the current Asian Games. The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games gather athletes from various Asian countries.
It is worth noting that previously, boxers from Uzbekistan had achieved success at an international tournament, collecting three gold medals in the city of Chita.
