List of Karatekas for Buenos Aires 2018 confirmed
The final list of karatekas to participate in the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 has been finally confirmed. With the Karate competition at Buenos Aires 2018 being held in exactly one month, the Karate world gets to know the young participants that will be making history for the sport in the anticipated event.
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IOC President Thomas Bach attends Karate competition at Youth Olympic Games
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited the Karate event at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. The head of the IOC was welcomed at Pabellon Europa sports hall by WKF President Antonio Espinós as the two officials enjoyed the afternoon session of the first day of Karate action at the multi-sports event.
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Youth Olympic Games: Summary of Thursday morning session
The history of Karate continued being written in Buenos Aires as the second day of competition at the Youth Olympic Games is underway. After the spectacular opening day of the Karate tournament in Buenos Aires, the first Youth Olympians for the sport produced a thrilling quest to the medals in Thursday’s morning session.
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Karate wraps up historic participation at Youth Olympic Games
The Karate competition at the Youth Olympic Games finished on Thursday with a final day of action that highlighted the sporting spirit and thrills of the discipline. As Karate made its Olympic debut in Buenos Aires, the history of the sport was written at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
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Olympic Seminar sets Karate on course to Tokyo 2020
As the Karate world keeps ing the days to make its Olympic debut in the 2020 Olympic Games, the sport continued taking its course to Tokyo 2020. The first Olympic Seminar was held today in the capital of Japan to give coaches from around the world a glimpse of the Karate competition at the Games.
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Ready Steady Tokyo- Karate: Test Event shows Karate determination to shine at Olympic Games
The “Ready Steady Tokyo-Karate” Test Event was held today in the capital of Japan to showcase Karate’s readiness ahead of the debut of the sport in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The test event was conducted to streamline the Karate competition at the Games.
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#KarateTakesCities: Japanese karatekas ready to live Olympic dream in Tokyo
The Karate 1-Premier League Moscow starts in one week. While the best karatekas in the world get ready to compete in another edition of Karate’s biggest event, Karate has its eyes set on the debut of the sport in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Quest to lead Karate Olympic standings intensifies
Karate's Olympic standings have been d with the start of the new month. Top karatekas continue on top of the eight Olympic categories while the differences among the top four qualifying positions are being reduced as the quest to earn the tickets to Tokyo 2020 intensifies.
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About Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are a Festival of Sports with its origins some 2,800 years ago.
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Karate in sports programme of Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2022
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board agreed today to add Karate to the sports programme of the 2022 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Dakar (Senegal). The decision represents another outstanding milestone for the sport, and it gives Karate one more opportunity to its many values at the Olympic stage after the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Paris to host Karate 2020 Qualification Tournament in Paris
Paris (France) will welcome Karate’s Qualification event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020. The tournament where athletes will be able to qualify for Karate’s debut at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will take place in the capital of France from May 8 to 10.
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Popularity of Karate in Japan showcased at Tokyo 2020 Let's 55 activities
As the Karate world is getting more and more thrilled for the Olympic debut of the sport in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the discipline is showcasing its tremendous popularity in Japan in the “Let’s 55” activities being held in the host nation of the Games.
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Thrilling quest to Olympic qualification
Who is leading Karate’s Olympic standings? The top four ranked athletes in each one of the Olympic categories will earn the direct qualification to the Olympic Games. As the quest to lead the Olympic standings intensifies, learn who are the karatekas on the front row to take the Olympic tickets.
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Communique from IOC regarding Tokyo 2020
Read below the communique from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 after the conference call with representatives of all the International Federations, including WKF President Antonio Espinós.
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Luigi Busa: I have reached my goal, but...
Italy’s Luigi Busa is one of Karate's first Olympic athletes. The Italian Kumite star earned the ticket to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 after finishing among the top four in his category in the Olympic standings.
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