Ireland's Karen Dolphin out of karate qualification

Irish karateka Karen Dolphin is out of the women's kata after losing all three of her qualification matches.

Dolphin failed to score a single point throughout the three matches, losing 5-0 to Spain's Sandra Jaime Sanchez, Czech Republic's Veronika Miskova and France's Sandy Scordo.

Sanchez and Scordo qualified for the semi-final, along with Dilara Bozan of Turkey and Jasmin Bleul of Germany from Group B.

The medal matches will take place later today.