Asian Games 2023 Results: Karate Team Finally Breaks Eggs, Ignatius Joshua Wins Bronze Medal

Indonesian karate athlete, Ahmad Zigi Zaresta, presented a bronze medal for the Indonesian contingent at the 2023 Asian Games. (Photo: Twitter/@kemenpora)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian contingent managed to add one medal on the 12th day of the 2023 Asian Games. On Thursday, October 5 afternoon WIB, a bronze medal was presented by a karate athlete, Ignatius Joshua.

Ignatius won bronze after overthrowing the representative of the Philippine karateka, Alvin Batican. Appearing at the Lingping Sports Center Gym-Karate, Ignatius won with a final score of 5-3 when he fell in the men's 75 kg kumite number.

This acquisition is also an offering, which is also the first medal for the karate sport.

In fact, there was a chance for karate's sport to gain two medals when Georgia's Ceyco faced Vietnam's representative, Dinh Thi Huong. Unfortunately, when he got off at the women's protocol number 68kg, Ceyco lost with a narrow score of 0-1 to Dinh.

Before the karate sport won its first medal today, the Indonesian contingent first received two silver medals from the dragon boat sport in the men's and women's number.

So far, a total of 33 medals have been collected by the Indonesian contingent until the 12th day with gold that has not increased at number six. The Indonesian contingent is still in 12th position in the standings.