NAGAOKA, Japan: Sweat pours off Mahiro Takano as the 13-year-old karate black belt trades blows with a grown man almost twice her size, finishing with a blood-curdling roar, then a dainty bow.
Japan's schoolgirl karate phenomenon Mahiro Takano, 13, trains in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture AFP/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU"It gives me incentive to compete at future Olympics when I'm bigger," said the karate pin-up.WAITING GAMEKarate was left off the list of four sports recommended by 2024 Paris Olympic organisers, which included surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and breakdancing - all since approved by the International Olympic Committee.
Mahiro prefers the stylistic"kata" form of karate usually practised solo over"kumite", which pits fighters against one another. Kikuchi expressed sadness at karate's exclusion from the 2024 Paris Olympics, leaving it an uphill struggle to be reinstated for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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