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Tuesday, 17 August 2021

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Text Title:  Martial artist knock out an opponent with a kick, is disqualified from gold medal karate bout

Text Type: Article

Text Creator: Glynn A. Hill

Date: Friday, August 13, 2021

Critical literacy question: What is this text about? How do we know?


The picture of this Tokyo Olympics, the creator by Glynn A. Hill tell us about what happened in the Tokyo Olympics gold medal karate disqualified after an illegal act of brutally KO"s rival fighter.

We see that 1 of the guy named Hamedi who unchecked attack Ganjzadeh which is not allowed under the karate's Olympics rules. Disqualified and his motionless Iranian opponent was awarded the gold medal.

Even he didn't get the gold medal, Hamedi was still honoured and awarded the top bonus by Saudi Arabia's sports minister because he was the only one of their 29 athletes in Tokyo to come away with a medal.

This text is about the Tokyo Olympics loses a historic karate gold medal after an illegal act of brutally KO's rival fighter. Saudi Arabian Tareg Hamedi's high kick to Sajad Ganjzadeh's neck saw him disqualified and his motionless Iranian opponent was awarded the gold medal. The referee called the match for Ganjzadeh by disqualifying Hamedi for an unchecked attack, which is not allowed under karate's Olympics rules.

" happy about the gold medal but I'm sad that I had to win it like this"
Ganjzadeh told a news conference.

He was the only one of their 29 athletes in Tokyo to come away with a medal.

And in spite of the disqualification that stopped his hunt for gold, Hamedi was still honoured and awarded the top bonus by Saudi Arabia's sports minister. Hamedi will receive 5 million riyas (AU$1.8 million) as part of his prize.

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