Asian Games 2023: Karate Failed To Add Medals In Kumite Number

JAKARTA - The karate athlete who took part in the kumite number failed to add a medal treasurer for the Indonesian contingent at the 2023 Asian Games, Saturday, October 7. In the match which was held at the Lingpin Sports Center Gymnasium, Hangzhou, the 84 kilogram karateka of Sandi Firmansyah's son was stopped at the repechage round. The password was conquered by Vietnamese athlete Thanh Nhan Do with a 2-10 defeat.

Sandi started his journey at the Asian Games this time by winning 6-1 over Abdulla Bibikr from Qatar but then losing 3-4 in the quarter-finals to Malaysian athlete Muhammad Arif Afifudd Bin Ab Malik.

Meanwhile, the 68 kilogram women's karateka Dessynta Rakawi Banurea immediately competed in the quarter-finals. But she was unable to do much and lost 0-2 to Hong Kong representative Kai Yan Ho.

Meanwhile, senior athlete Cok Istri Sanistyani started her appearance at the 2022 Asian Games by playing in the 55 kilograms class quarter-finals. The toddler Bali successfully overcomes the resistance of Jordanian Leen Mansour with a 3-0 victory.

In the semifinals, the athlete who is familiarly called Coki lost 3-7 to Taiwan's karateka Tusi-Ping Ku and made him fail to play the final match so he had to play a bronze medal match.

Unfortunately, in the bronze medal match, Coki lost 0-3 to Iran's karateka Fatemeh Saadati which forced him to go home empty-handed.

At the 2022 Asian Games, karate only contributed one bronze medal obtained by Ignatius Joshua Kandou in the men's 75 kilograms protocol class.