Taekwondo athletes included in the Refugee Olympic Team

Olympic FlagThree taekwondo athletes have been included in the Refugee Olympic Team for the upcoming Tokyo Games. World Taekwondo, the global governing body of the sport, said Tuesday that Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (W-57kg), Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (W-49kg) and Abdullah Sediqi (M-68kg) will fly to the city next month with 26 other athletes after being selected based on their “performance, refugee status and balanced representation across sports regions and genders.”

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Six athletes to make up Refugee Paralympic Team at Tokyo Games

Refugee Paralympic TeamSix athletes from the fields of swimming, athletics, canoeing and Taekwondo have been selected to compete on the world’s biggest sporting stage as members of the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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