Olympic Games: Steven Da Costa, first Olympic champion in the history of karate, 7th gold medal for France

Steven Da Costa became on Thursday the first men's Olympic champion in the history of karate, which appears on the Olympic program for the first time, by winning the final of the -67 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics tournament.

Da Costa, world No. 1 in his category and already world champion in 2018, defeated Turkish Eray Samdan 5-0 in the final.

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• The full Olympic program

• The Olympic medal table

Before his final, Da Costa (24) beat Kazakh Darkhan Assadilov 5-2 in the semi-final.

Assadilov is world No. 1 in the -60 kg category, while Da Costa occupies the same position in -67 kg, two categories combined at the Olympics.

Samdan, the silver medalist, also usually fights in -60 kg.

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The women's kata competition was won by Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jaime, who became the first Olympic champion in the history of her sport.

Kata are recited and codified sequences of movements aimed at a virtual opponent.

Athletes are graded on their technical performance and on the athletic aspect of their demonstration.