The second day of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi saw Egypt and Kuwait prevailing in the team competitions as Iranian karatekas continued their winning streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Female Kumite -50 kg: Niamh Lilly Cosgrove Claims Tight Win<\/strong> Female Kumite -55 kg: Fatemehzahra Saeidabadi Dominates Final<\/strong> Female Team Kata: Egypt Outlasts Japan<\/strong> Male Kumite -60 kg: Mohammad Goudarziyan Takes Gold<\/strong> Male Kumite -67 kg: Matej Belistojanoski Wins on Even Score<\/strong> Male Team Kata: Kuwait Secures Convincing Victory<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second day of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi saw Egypt and Kuwait prevailing in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-7849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-karate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-768x433.jpg",640,361,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-1024x577.jpg",640,361,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-1536x866.jpg",1536,866,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Team-karate_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7851,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7849\/revisions\/7851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
England\u2019s Niamh Lilly Cosgrove won gold after a close final against Hira Nur Temizel of Turkiye. Cosgrove stayed calm in a fast bout and edged the match 4-3. The fight stayed open until the final seconds, with both athletes trading attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran\u2019s Fatemehzahra Saeidabadi delivered one of the strongest performances of the day. She defeated Madina Sadigova of Azerbaijan by a clear 8-0 score. Saeidabadi controlled the distance and scored early, leaving no chance for a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Egypt won the female team kata title after a close contest with Japan. The final score was 3-2. Both teams showed sharp timing and strong rhythm but Egypt gained the edge with precise synchronization and clean transitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran added another title through Mohammad Goudarziyan in the -60 kg category. He beat Nurassyl Mussa of Kazakhstan 4-1. Goudarziyan managed the match well and protected his lead with smart movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Macedonia\u2019s Matej Belistojanoski earned gold after a dramatic final against Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov of Uzbekistan. The match ended 7-7. Belistojanoski took the win on tie-breaking criteria after an intense exchange of attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kuwait won the male team kata final with a 4-1 victory over Portugal. The Kuwaiti team impressed the judges with strong stances and clear technique. Portugal pushed hard, but Kuwait stayed consistent throughout the routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n