Men’s kumite 60 kg 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Indonesian Wins gold In

Men’s kumite 60 kg

In

Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Indonesian men’s Karateka Rifki Ardiansyah Arrosyiid won gold in the kumite 60 kilogram category in the 2018 Asian Games at the Plenary Hall, JCC Senayan, Jakarta, on Sunday. With the victory, Rifki contributed to the Indonesian contingent’s gold medal collection, which now stands at 11.

Rifki won the title after defeating IR Iran karateka Amir Mahdi Zadeh with a final score of 9-7.

Earlier in the round of 16 of the kumite 60 kg, Rifki defeated Thailand's Sireka Siravit Sawangsri with a score of 5-1.

In the last eight he defeated Chinese karateka Hu Chen with a score of 8-0

In the quarterfinals, Rifki met karateka Lee Chun Ho from Hong Kong, China, beating him 3-0.

Rifki advanced to the semifinals where he defeated Malaysian karateka Prem Kumar Selvam.