Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

Illustration - Corse du Sud - France

FRANCE. CORSE-DU-SUD (2A) AJACCIO. 14.05.24 - PASSAGE OF THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC FLAME. AJACCIO KARATEKA, ALEXANDRA FERACCI, FIRST TORCHBEARER AT THE FOOT OF THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON, IN THE CASONE Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Angouleme Festival - Karateka Photocall

Florence Fauquet attends the Karateka photocall at the 17th Angouleme French-Speaking Film Festival on August 30, 2024 in Angouleme, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

MADRID, Spain, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna performs en route to clinching his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Nov. 10, 2018.

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, is honoured with cheers from Egyptian fans upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Auguts 12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

First Egyptian Female Gold Medalist Back To Cairo

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz, who won the gold medal in women's +61kg Kumite at Tokyo 2020, waves a flag upon arrival at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on August12, 2021. Two Egyptian champions who won gold and silver medals in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 received a red-carpet reception upon their arrival at Cairo International Airport. Photo by Sayed Hassan/ABACAPRESS.COM

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna performs en route to clinching his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Nov. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

File photo taken in September 2019 shows Sandra Sanchez of Spain competing in the women's kata at a Premier League karate meet at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

File photo taken in September 2019 shows Sandra Sanchez of Spain competing in the women's kata at a Premier League karate meet at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez

File photo taken in September 2019 shows Sandra Sanchez of Spain competing in the women's kata at a Premier League karate meet at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.

Online karate exercise

Online karate exercise

Japan's top karateka Ayaka Tadano holds a karate-based exercise event online from her home in Tokyo on May 2, 2020, for people staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Online karate exercise

Online karate exercise

Japan's top karateka Ayaka Tadano holds a karate-based exercise event online from her home in Tokyo on May 2, 2020, for people staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Online karate exercise

Online karate exercise

Japan's top karateka Ayaka Tadano holds a karate-based exercise event online from her home in Tokyo on May 2, 2020, for people staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata semifinal match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata semifinal match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata semifinal match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the Tokyo Olympics, performs in the men's individual kata semifinal match of the Karate 1 Premier League in Paris on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Twenty-nine-year-old Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the men's kata division at the Tokyo Olympics, demonstrates his routine to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Twenty-nine-year-old Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the men's kata division at the Tokyo Olympics, demonstrates his routine to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Twenty-nine-year-old Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the men's kata division at the Tokyo Olympics, demonstrates his routine to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Karate: Olympic medal hope Ryo Kiyuna

Twenty-nine-year-old Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna, a medal hope in the men's kata division at the Tokyo Olympics, demonstrates his routine to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Plastic waste recycling for Olympic podiums

Plastic waste recycling for Olympic podiums

Karateka Ayumi Uekusa (R) and former tennis pro Shuzo Matsuoka attend an event in Tokyo on June 13, 2019, for a campaign to recycle empty plastic bottles into podiums for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

Karate: Kiyuna wins gold at worlds

Japanese karateka Ryo Kiyuna performs en route to clinching his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Nov. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo