Ryo Kiyuna captured Japan's first-ever gold medal in karate at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday — and a first Olympic title for an athlete from Okinawa Prefecture — topping Spain's Damian Quintero in the men's kata final.
Kiyuna, who has not lost a competition since February 2018, scored 28.72 points out of 30 for his performance at Nippon Budokan, the spiritual home of Japanese martial arts.
Quintero claimed 27.66 points for silver in the head-to-head final against the Japanese. American Ariel Torres Gutierrez and Turkey's Ali Sofuoglu picked up bronze medals.