TOKYO – For karateka Ariel Torres, the first American to win an Olympic medal in karate, the road to Tokyo started with a phone call, worn underwear and a Sharpie. Five years before he took bronze in ...

The Team USA athlete is the first American to medal in karate at the Olympics Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working at PEOPLE for nine years. Her work has ...

Ariel Torres is a real-life Karate Kid and Team USA's best chance at a medal in karate at this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Karate joins judo and taekwondo as the third martial art to enter the Olympic ...

"My mom and dad, they just said, 'Hey, I prefer you qualifying for the Olympics than not qualify for the Olympics. So we don't go, we will support you from here,' " Ariel Torres tells PEOPLE Lindsay ...

Ariel Torres picked up the first-ever Olympic medal for the United States in karate Friday, taking one of the two bronze awarded in in men’s kata. While he can thank skill and training, he apparently ...