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Kimia Alizadeh: Iran's only female Olympic medallist defects
[BBC] 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. She made history for Iran in 2016 when she won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Rio Olympics. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-13 |
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