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Kumite, ≤55 kg, Women

Date 5 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationNippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Participants9 from 9 countries

Competitors were divided into two round-robin pools with the top two competitors advancing to semi-finals and final. Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR) was arguably the favorite as she was world ranked #one.

The surprise winner of Pool A was Ivet Goranova (BUL), who only reached the Olympic Games via a qualification tournament. She won all of her bouts comfortably, however, to win the pool, with Wen Tzu-Yun (TPE), world ranked #3 at 55 kg finishing as runner-up. Terliuga won pool B, despite winning only two of her four contests, with Bettina Plank (AUT) finishing as runner-up in the group.

Goranova won a close semi-final bout against Plank, building up a lead of 3 yukos, before Plank scored an ippon with 17 seconds left. Another yuko, however, meant that Goranova was a 4-3 winner. The other semi-final was an even closer contest. Terliuga had built up a 4-1 lead when Wen scored with an ippon in the final second of the contest. Terliuga had scored the first point, however, and thus was victorious.

In the final Goranova edged ahead by 2 yukos to 1, before a waza-ari midway through the contest and a further yuko towards the end meant that Goranova defeated Terliuga by 5-1 to become the first ever female kumite karate Olympic Champion.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ivet GoranovaBULGold
2Anzhelika TerliuhaUKRSilver
=3Bettina PlankAUTBronze
=3Wen Tzu-YunTPEBronze
=5Sara BahmanyarIRI
=5Miho MiyaharaJPN
=7Serap ÖzçelikTUR
=7Moldir ZhangbyrbayKAZ
9Radwa SayedEGY

Round One

Date5 August 2021 — 17:00
FormatRound-robin pools. Top two karateka advance to the semi-finals.

Pool A

Time17:00
PosCompetitorNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsPointsYukoWaza-ariIppon
1Ivet GoranovaBUL300615-54-34-11-0Q
2Wen Tzu-YunTPE201412-106-33-20-1Q
3Sara BahmanyarIRI10228-145-80-31-0
4Serap ÖzçelikTUR00309-154-51-21-2
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #105 Aug 17:00Sara BahmanyarIRIPointsSerap ÖzçelikTUR
Bout #205 Aug 17:07Ivet GoranovaBULPointsWen Tzu-YunTPE
Bout #305 Aug 17:28Ivet GoranovaBULPointsSerap ÖzçelikTUR
Bout #405 Aug 17:35Wen Tzu-YunTPEPointsSara BahmanyarIRI
Bout #505 Aug 17:56Ivet GoranovaBULPointsSara BahmanyarIRI
Bout #605 Aug 18:03Wen Tzu-YunTPEPointsSerap ÖzçelikTUR

Pool B

Time17:14
PosCompetitorNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsPointsYukoWaza-ariIppon
1Anzhelika TerliuhaUKR22069-43-20-12-0Q
2Bettina PlankAUT21159-106-50-11-1Q
3Miho MiyaharaJPN202420-134-72-04-2
4Moldir ZhangbyrbayKAZ112316-218-64-00-5
5Radwa SayedEGY10328-145-60-41-0
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #105 Aug 17:14Moldir ZhangbyrbayKAZPointsRadwa SayedEGY
Bout #205 Aug 17:21Miho MiyaharaJPNPointsBettina PlankAUT
Bout #305 Aug 17:42Anzhelika TerliuhaUKRPointsRadwa SayedEGY
Bout #405 Aug 17:49Moldir ZhangbyrbayKAZPointsBettina PlankAUT
Bout #505 Aug 18:10Radwa SayedEGYPointsMiho MiyaharaJPN
Bout #605 Aug 18:17Anzhelika TerliuhaUKRTieMoldir ZhangbyrbayKAZ
Bout #705 Aug 18:38Bettina PlankAUTTieAnzhelika TerliuhaUKR
Bout #805 Aug 18:45Miho MiyaharaJPNPointsMoldir ZhangbyrbayKAZ
Bout #905 Aug 19:06Bettina PlankAUTPointsRadwa SayedEGY
Bout #1005 Aug 19:13Anzhelika TerliuhaUKRPointsMiho MiyaharaJPN

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 2021 — 20:22
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #105 Aug 20:22Ivet GoranovaBULPointsBettina PlankAUT
Bout #205 Aug 20:30Anzhelika TerliuhaUKRDecisionWen Tzu-YunTPE

Final Round

Date5 August 2021 — 20:50
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout 1/205 Aug 20:50Ivet GoranovaBULPointsAnzhelika TerliuhaUKR