Kumite, ≤61 kg, Women

Competitors were divided into two round-robin pools with the top two competitors advancing to semi-finals and final. In pool A, Xiaoyan Yin (CHN), world ranked #2, was the comfortable winner, winning all 4 contests. However, the runner-up Merve Ҫoban (TUR) only qualified ahead of Claudymar Garces (VEN) by virtue of having won their head-to-head contest, both fighters having won 2 and lost 2 bouts. Pool B was more straight-forward, with Jovana Preković (SRB) winning all four contests to top the group, followed by world ranked #1 Giana Lofty (EGY), whose only defeat was to Perković.

The first semi-final between Yin and Lofty was a close affair, each competitor scoring a yuko for a 1-1 tie. However Yin was declared the winner by the judges’ decision. In the second semi-final Preković defeated Ҫoban by 2 yukos without reply.

The final was also a close match with neither Preković nor Yin able to score any points. The decision came down to the judges, who voted in favour of Preković, who now added the Olympic gold medal to her 2018 World Championship and 2021 European Championship wins.