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What would have qualified for a KO victory in

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the disqualification of the would-be winner in a
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Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh faced off with Saudi Arabia's
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Tareg Hamedi in the men's 75-kilogram kumite final.
Karate athletes competed in individual
demonstrations called kata and one-on-one combat
called kumite. 

Leading the match 4-1, Hamedi landed a violent kick

to Ganjzadeh's head, leaving the Iranian unconscious Katie Ledecky Is More Than Just a Gold-
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count. Hamedi celebrated, thinking he'd won gold.

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He had not. 

Ganjzadeh wins via hansoku

Judges conferred and disqualified Hamedi based on a Celebrate gold medal wins from Team USA
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serious violation of the rules called a hansoku, per and BreakingT
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the Associated Press. According to AP, competitors
aren't permitted to fully follow through on their
blows in Olympic competition, unlike professional
fighting, which rewards violent knockouts. 

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Tareg Hamedi thought he had won the gold medal. Sajad Ganjzadeh
learned it was his after waking up in a medical room. (Wei Zheng/VCG via
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Ganjzadeh, still suffering the immediate effects of Yahoo Philippines

the knockout blow, was named the gold medal

winner. Hamedi won silver after the DQ loss. Per AP,
Hamedi left the mat in tears. 

“If you ask me if I agree or not, I disagree, of

course, because I love the gold medal,”
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Hamedi said through a translator. “But I am
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satisfied with the level of performance I gave, Storyful

and I accept their decision. I don’t have any

objection. I think I played well. That’s all I can
say.”'

'I'm sad it had to happen like this'

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learned about his gold medal after re-gaining
consciousness in a medical room.

"The last thing I remember was that I was behind by

scores, and then that incident happened and I don't
remember much after that," Ganjzadeh said. "And
what I remember was that in the medical room I
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woke up and I heard from the coach that I won the Zealand T20 World Cup squad
match. I'm very happy that I achieved this gold medal Reuters

but I'm sad that it had to happen like this."

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