Italy's Luigi Busà has become the Olympic gold medallist in the men's kumite -75kg after beating Azerbaijan's Rafael Aghayev in a tight bout at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. It was set to be a kumite bout for the ages as five-time world champion Aghayev and -75kg world no.1 Busà battled it out for gold.
Both karateka's know each other well, having both faced each other on numerous occasions including at World Championships - most famously Busà's only world title in the -75kg came in a win against Aghayev - as well as European Championships. With a minute to go, Busà had a one-point advantage over his opponent before the Italian managed a powerful yet controlled hit on Aghayev's face sending him to the sideline to be checked by the medics.
