Kimia Alizadeh: Iran's only female Olympic medallist defects
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Kimia Alizadeh won a landmark bronze medal in taekwondo in the 2016 Rio Olympics Iran's only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, says she has defected. Alizadeh, 21, posted on social media that she had left Iran because she didn't want to be part of "hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery". She described herself as "one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran". Alizadeh did not say where she was, amid reports that she has been training in the Netherlands. when she won a ...
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