• Sandra Sánchez the intrahistory of a gold without past or future: an anniversary, many 'burpees' and some suspicions

  • Karate This is kata, the form of karate in which Spain sweeps

  • Damián Quintero The karate fighter-engineer who does not like to fight

Karate will remain forever in the history of the Spanish Olympism.

In its fleeting presence at the Games, the martial art that was born on Okinawa Island in the fourteenth century will leave two medals, the fierce gold of

Sandra Sánchez

and the one signed today by Damián Quintero, in the final after his first three kata in the morning.

The Buenos Aires-born Malaga, who quit his job as an engineer to pursue his dream, showed his solvency in the qualifying round.

He passed as the first of the group, very outstanding from the rest, after the first two attempts (27.34 average grade).

Later, in the moment of truth of the third, he chose the Anan Dai - the same as his two rivals, it had to surpass the 26.44 of the American

Ariel Torres

-, and executed it with his usual plasticity, putting, as he likes to say, "the heart" on the mat of the Nippon Budokan.

I broke with joy, in the embrace with the guru

Jesús del Moral

, after knowing his note (27,28), straight to the final.

ALEXANDER NEMENOVAFP

This afternoon, at noon in Spain (12.50 pm), Quintero will fight for the gold with the local karate fighter, a true legend.

Again, as happened on Thursday with Sandra, under suspicion the seven judges, pressured by the stage.

World champion in 2014, six times European champion and number one in the world rankings, at 37 years old, Damien will have another beautiful duel with

Ryo Kiyuna

, four times world gold medalist, in "hostile territory".

It is now the 14th medal of the Spanish delegation in Tokyo 2020.

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