and there was the moment that an Olympian regained consciousness to find out he was a gold medal winner
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JD (aka Jason Dean)
Aug 9 '21, 09:30
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A Saudi Arabian karateka called Tareg Hamedi looked destined for the Olympic title as he was cruising in the gold medal match against Sajad Ganizadeh, of Iran.
Hamedi, 23, was leading 4-1 in Saturday's high-stakes event at the Tokyo Games, and knocked Ganizadeh out cold with a brutal high kick to the neck after a minute of competition.
In many other combat sports, that would be it. Hamedi would win the championship, and perhaps go on to even bigger things.
But in karate, at the Olympics, Hamedi got disqualified.
Ganjzadeh, who had been beaten to the floor, was motionless on the canvas. And so medical professionals rushed to the mat, placed him on a stretcher, and removed him from the main Nippon Budokan area.
Though Ganjzadeh was unconscious, he was adjudged to be the winner as officials decided Hamedi broke the rules of the game by inflicting an unchecked attack, injuring his opponent.
Ganjzadeh had made a sufficient recovery to return for the medal ceremony later Saturday, collecting the gold medal, even though he had been rendered unconscious in the match.
Hamedi received the silver medal.
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