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  • Douglas Brose (BRA) performs one of his signature moves at the 2016 Karate 1-Premier League Rabat
  • Antonio Diaz (VEN) performs a kata at the 2016 Karate 1-Premier League Hamburg
  • Sandra Sanchez (ESP) jumps during the final of the 2016 World Championships in Linz (Austria)
  • Serap Ozcelik (TUR) kicks during the 2010 World Championships in Belgrade (Serbia)
  • Kiyou Shimizu (JPN) (left) and Sandra Sanchez (ESP) after the final of Female Kata in the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League Tokyo
  • Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) during the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League Tokyo
  • Kiyou Shimizu (JPN) at the 2017 Karate 1-Premier League Rotterdam
  • Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR) in action at the 2017 European Senior Championships in Kocaeli (Turkey)
  • Noah Bitsch (GER) during the 2014 World Championships in Bremen (Germany)
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World Karate Day

Wednesday 17 June is World Karate Day, created by the World Karate Federation in 2017 to celebrate the sport’s inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Check out the best athletes in contention to get the first ever olympic gold medals of the discipline.

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