Ancient Japanese Martial Art Karate Strikes For First Time At Tokyo Olympics : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR
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Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.
Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.
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Tokyo the appropriate host for karate's debut in Olympics 2021
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Ancient Japanese Martial Art Karate Strikes For First Time At Tokyo Olympics
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Karate Olympic debut shines light on martial art
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