Board:   [DoveNet] Sports
Subject: This guy lost gold medal
From:    DaiTengu
Date:    Tue Aug 10, 2021 08:40

Subject: This guy lost gold medal after knocking out his opponent!!
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  Re: This guy lost gold medal after knocking out his opponent!!
  By: Arelor to HusTler on Mon Aug 09 2021 05:18 pm

 >> What's wrong with this picture. Watch this video. This guy LOST the
 >> gold medal to a guy he knocked out! Holy Cow!

 >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1HQDP-tkxo

 Ar> I don't follow Youtube links, so I will suppose you are talking about that
 Ar> Karate fighter who was struck unconscious.

 Ar> Sport Karate is not boxing. The idea is for fighters to be quick and
 Ar> precise, not to beat each other into a pulp. If you hit the other too hard
 Ar> then you lack control over your own strikes and are breaking protocol.

 I was really disappointed with NBC's lack of coverage of Karate. I think my DVR (YoutubeTV) recorded a grand total of 15 minutes of Kata, and maybe 30 minutes ofKumite.  Both were buried in 2+ hour "episodes" that included boxing and wrestling.

I really wanted to watch a lot of the kata stuff.

DaiTengu

.... Heads will have to roll!

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